236 URSIDJ5. 



^t^ n. H^^U/. £v Ursus euryi-hinus, Nilsson, Skand. Diiggdjur, p. 212. 

 VI ■ - "• ^^5_ Hungary (Mus. Acad. Lund.). 



• Professor Nilsson notices a species of Bear (which he saw in the 

 Academical Museum at Lund, said to have come from Hungary ; 

 the fur is coloured like U. arctos) under the name of U. euryrliinus 

 (Skand. Daggdjur, p. 212), which is thus characterized: — 



" The length of the nose (reckoned from the foramen infraorbitalc 

 to the anterior margin of the intermaxillary bones at the suture) is 

 equal to the breadth of the nose, taken either at the foramen infra- 

 orbitalc or over the roots of the canine teeth." 

 • 

 c. African. Claws straight. 



3. Helarctos? Crowtheri. 



Fur long, shaggy, blackish brown, beneath orange-rufous ; nose 

 very short, acuminate, black ; toes short ; claws stout. 



Ursus arctos, Shaw, Barhary. 



Ours en Afrique, Olivier, Oss. Foss. iv. p. 325. 



Bear of Mount Atlas, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 65 ; Wieqm. Arch. 



1842, p. 27. 

 Ursns Crowtheri, Schitiz, Syn. Mamm. p. 302. 

 Helarctos? Crowtheri, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 098. 



Hah. North-west Africa ; on mountains, Morocco ; Tetuan. 



"Adult female, inferior in size to that of the American Black 

 Bear ; more robustly formed ; the face much shorter and broader, 

 though the muzzle is pointed ; toes and claws remarkably short ; 

 the claws partici;larly stout. Hair black (rather, brownish black) 

 and shaggy ; the under parts of an orange-rufous colour ; muzzle 

 black. Feeds on roots, acorns, and fruit ; does not climb with 

 facility, and is stated to be very different-looking from any other 

 Bear." 



d. American. Front claws . 



4. Helarctos ornatus. B.M. 



Fur black ; the uose short, and a semicircle over each eye fulvous ; 

 jaws, chocks, throat, and chest white. Length 3| feet. 



" Upper hinder grinder broad, not much longer than the flesh- 

 tooth, suddenly contracted behind." 



Bear, Condamitie, Toy. Perou. 



Ursus ornatus, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833, 



p. 114; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 143. 

 Ours des Cordilleres (U. ornatus), De Blainv. Osteogr. Ursus, t. 4 



(skeleton), t. 8 (skull), t. 12 (teeth) (of F. Cuvier's specimen). 

 Helarctos ornatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 698. 



Hah. South America, Cordilleras (Cat. Mus. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 184). 



M. de Blainville describes the skull as being so like that of H. 

 mcdayanus that at first he thought they were the same ; but on more 

 careful comparison ho found the bones of the nose rather broader 

 proportionally, the mastoid processes rather unhkc and nearer to- 



