Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 169 
is whitish ; on the chest there is often a whitish or buffy brown 
crescent- or V-shaped mark. The length of head and body is 
approximately 5 feet, of the tail 3 inches. The height at the 
shoulder is about 
2y 2 feet. The 
weight varies from 
200 to 250 pounds. 
The Sloth Bears 
inhabit rocky situa- 
tions in jungle. 
They eat grain, 
sugar cane, fruit, 
and honey, with the 
addition of eggs, 
carrion, and various 
grubs and termites; 
they readily tear 
open the mounds of 
termites in order to 
get at the teeming 
insects inside. They 
are reputed actually 
to suck the termites 
out of their gal- 
leries. A separate 
race is found in 
Ceylon. 
The Asiatic 
Black Bears, genus 
Selenarctos (mean- 
ing "moon-bear" ) , 
like the Sloth Bear, 
have the posterior Fj& ^ Asiadc B]ack Bear> Selenarctos 
pads of their front thibetanus. 
