48 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



tongue smooth, narrow and long ; lips very exten- 

 sible. (F. Cuv.) 



Habit. Frequent the most solitary places, the 

 deepest forests, the highest and most inaccessible 

 mountains ; resorting to caverns or hollow trees ; 

 hibernating. They copulate in October ; the fe- 

 male brings forth in spring, after a hundred and 

 two days of gestation, from one to five young at 

 a birth, according to her age. The brown bear 

 is less ferocious than the polar bear ; feeds princi- 

 pally on vegetable substances, and attacks ani- 

 mals only when hard pressed by hunger, when 

 they unite in troops more or less numerous. In 

 order to combat, they raise themselves on their 

 hind legs, and endeavour to suffocate their adver- 

 sary with their fore paws. 



Inhabits the mountains of Europe, Asia, Africa, 

 and western parts of North America. (The iden- 

 tity of the American and European species, not 

 certainly ascertained.) 



Species. 



2. Ursus cinereus^ Desm. 



Ursus ferox, Lewis and Clark's voyage to the 

 Missouri. 



Gray or grizzly bear. Warden. Descrip. des 

 Etats unis, v. 5, p. 609. 



Ursus horribilis, Ord. Guthrie's Geog. v. 2, p. 



Char. Essent. Hair long, abundant, particular- 



