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VEKTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. 



Passing from the more typical members of the Cam i vora, 

 we come now to the Bears and Raccoons, which, though 



FIG. 92. 



Grizzly Bear, Ursus horribilis, Orel. 



being carnivorous animals, feed more or less upon vege- 

 table food. They are true plantigrade carnivora those 

 which walk on the whole sole of the foot. They are five- 

 toed. Many of the species are ready climbers. Those 

 which inhabit cold climates pass the winter in a torpid state. 

 The true Bears or Ursidce have a large, thick body, broad 



