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Genus SELENARCTOS Heude 



SELENARCTOS THIBETANUS MUPINENSIS Heude 



Selenarctos mupincnsis Hevdk, Mems. Hist. Nat. Emp. Ohinois, vol. 5, lliOl, 

 p. 2 (Muping, Szeehwan. China). 



Specifnen. — One from Siiifu, Szechwan. 



This skin and skull is of a cub so young that it can be allocalod 

 ^:oiely on geographic grounds, following the supposition that this is 

 really the race ot" southern Szechwan and tnachneilli the one of the 

 more arid northern part of the province. 



SELENARCTOS THIBETANUS WULSINI A. B. Howell 



Selenarctos thibetanns imlsini A. B. Howell, Pror. Biol. Knr. Wash., vol. 41, 

 1928, p. 115 (Eastern Tombs area, Chihli, China). 



Specimen. — Four, the type and three topotypes. 



I understand that the forests to the east of Peking are rapidly 

 being destroyed. As it is probable that the present race of the black 

 bear is confined to this district it is not unlikely that it will soon be 

 exterminated. 



SELENARCTOS THIBETANUS U3SURICUS Heude 



Selenarctos ussurictis Heude, Mems. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chlnoi."?, vol. 5, 1901, p. 2 

 <Ussuri, eastern Manchuria). 



Specimens. — Two from the region of Imienpo, Manchuria. 



These are a fine pair of adult skulls but only that of the female is 

 accompanied by a skin. The latter specimen is the one upon whii^'h 

 Sowerby (1920) based a description of this race. 



Genus URSUS Linnaeus 



SoAverby, in his review of the bears of eastern Asia (1920), lists 

 the species of cave bear or grizzly type under the generic name 

 Spelaeus. While the latter is convenient for the purpose of designat- 

 ing group characters of subgeneric degree, I regard it as undesirable 

 to accord it full generic standing. Both of the only two specimens 

 of Chinese broAvn bears available arc of this rather than of the arcto^ 

 type. 



URSUS CAVIFRONS (Heude) 



Melanarctos cavifron-s Hetjde, Mems. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chinois, vol. 5, 1901, p. 

 1 (Tsitsihar, northwest Manchuria). 



Specimen. — One from the district of Imienpo, Manchuria. 



Ognev (1924) called the Manchurian bear of this group mandchun- 

 cus Heude, but Sowerby (1920), after examining Heude's t3''pes, de- 

 termined that the latter name applies to the local race of arctos- This 

 immense Imienpo male is described by Sowerby and skull measure- 



