URSUS. 



River, hilly regions east and north of Great Bear Lake ; lower Rocky 

 Mountains west of the Mackenzie; possibly to the upper tributaries of 

 the Yukon. 



Submenus D. Euarctus Black Bears. 



962. Ursus americanus Pallas. 



Ursns americanus Pallas, Spicileg. Zool., fasc. xiv, 1780, p. 5. 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 313, 

 pi. xxxiv. Zool. Ser. 

 AMERICAN BLACK BEAR. 



Type locality. Eastern North America. 



Geogr. Distr. North America, eastern part, where forests are 

 found, except in Louisiana, Florida, and Labrador. 



n. I'rxitx n nii'i'i i'n n n x xornhiiroi-ri Bangs. 



Ursus americanus sornborgeri Bangs, Amer. Nat., xxxn, 1898, 

 p. 500. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 314. Zool. Ser. 

 SORNBORGER'S BLACK BEAR. 



Type locality. Okak, Labrador. 



Geogr. Distr. Labrador north to the limit of trees. 



l>. I'rxitx n ini'i-'K'iiiiit x <</ I'lolhr (Osgood). 



Ursus carlottaz Osgood, N. Am. Faun., No. 21, 1901, p. 30, pi. iv, 



fig. i. 

 QUEEX CHARLOTTE ISLANDS BLACK BEAR. 



Type locality. Massett, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 British Columbia, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. 



Genl. Char. Skull longer than that of U. americanus; rostrum 

 more slender; cranium less arched; teeth larger and heavier; heel of 

 molar elongate. 



Color. Black? Skull only known. 



Measurements. Skull: basilar length, 282; palatal length, 155; 



tpalatal kngth, 127; zygomatic width, 193; width across post- 

 orbital processes, 116; length of nasals, 82. 



c. *Ur8U8 a in/ ri en n n x iTi'in imx Mcrriam. 



Ursus aniericaiiiis eremii us Mcrr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn, 

 1904, p. 154. 



Mr. Merriam compares this typ>- n with I'rsits iiin!'l\\-,-fs Haird. 



A 1 ha - already shown, 1'nb. I Leld I'olnnili. Mus., m, 1003, p. -\^5, /< 

 Ser., this name of Maird's. as it represents no characters whatever, i aen 



nndnm, and cannot ! used. Main! had only a Mat skin of a cinnamon bear, 

 and ill. and \\as unable to LM'VC any reco^ni/able description. 



