CAKNIYORA: BEAKS. 



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head, short tail, wholly plantigrade feet, with naked 

 soles and long nails. The dental formula is, incisors 

 =|, canines j^J, preraolars t?, molars jj=?. 



The Grizzly Bear, of the plains of the Upper Missouri, 

 and of California, is eight feet in length, the hair coarse, 

 and the color grizzly. The feet are very large, and the fore 

 claws are twice as long as the hind ones, and on the 

 largest individuals are six inches in length. This animal 

 is one of the most powerful and most ferocious of all the 

 Bear tribe. When excited by hunger or anger, it attacks 

 man or any animal it can overtake. Even the Bison some- 

 times falls a victim to its ferocity, and is dragged away 

 whole to be eaten at leisure. The Brown Bear of Europe 

 (Fig. 93) is a species closely allied to the Grizzly. 



FIG. 93. 



Skull of Brown Bear, Ursus arctos, Linnaeus. 



The Black Bear, of North America generally, weighs 

 from two hundred to four hundred pounds, is of a uniform 

 black or deep brown color, and the hair is comparatively 

 soft and glossy. Under ordinary circumstances this bear 

 is not very ferocious. The Polar Bear is eight feet long, 

 and attains the weight of one thousand to fifteen hundred 

 pounds. It is snow-white, wholly carnivorous, and feeds 

 upon seals and other animals. 



