1 68 Mammals of Eastern Asia 
near Lake Baikal; U. a. kolymensis, from the neighborhood of 
the Kolyma River; U. a. beringiamis (= piscator = collaris), 
from Kamchatka and the Eastern Peninsula. 
The "Blue Bears," U. a. pruinosus of Tibet and Kansu, has 
the back and flanks black with a wash of yellowish, the head 
variously marked with brown and cinnamon, across the chest a 
broad white band carried up in front of each shoulder. The 
limbs are black. From the nose to the tip of the tail is about 5 feet 
and the height at the shoulder amounts to 3 feet. The weight is 
at least 250 pounds. 
The Manchurian Black Bear, U. a, lasiotus, is a large form 
of "Brown Bear," apparently becoming quite rare. The color 
is black, the nose brownish. There is no white mark on the 
throat or neck. This Bear has been estimated to weigh up to 600 
pounds. The range includes Manchuria, northern Mongolia, 
and possibly parts of northern China. 
The Japanese Brown Bear, from Yezo, northernmost 
island of Japan, is colored brown, rarely blackish. There is a 
yellowish collar beneath the neck. 
The Eastern Siberian Brown Bear, U. a. beringiamis 
( = piscator), grows to gigantic size, almost as large as the 
Alaska Brown Bear. The winter pelage is dark reddish brown, 
the limbs blackish brown. There is a yellowish shade on the 
head, neck, and shoulders. The range in Siberia includes 
Kamchatka. 
The Sloth Bears, Melursus ur sinus, are subtropical and trop- 
ical, being found throughout India and eastward into Assam. 
The characters by which they differ from Ursus are partly con- 
nected with methods of feeding. In the forefeet, the pads are 
arranged substantially as in Ursus, but the palms and areas 
between the pads are nearly naked instead of hairy and the 
pads of the fingertips are united by hairless webs. The claws are 
very long and are colored white. The lips and the tongue are 
markedly protrusible. The long straight fur is black ; the muzzle 
