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MAMMALS OF AMERICA 



also, largely of ants and their eggs, bees and 

 their honey, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, 

 blueberries and various other fruits, vegetables, 

 and roots. He sometimes makes devastating 

 raids upon the barn yards, slaying and devour- 

 ing sheep, calves, pigs and poultry." x\nother 

 writer, Mr. C. C. Ward, states, as the result of 

 his own experience, that the Black Bear, " is 

 growing more carnivorous and discontented with 

 a diet of herbs. Assuredly, he is growing bolder. 

 He is also developing a propensity to destroy 

 more than he can eat, and it is not improbable 

 that his posterity may cease to be frugi-carniv- 

 orous. It is fortunate that an animal of the 

 strength and ferocity which he displays when 

 aroused seldom attacks man. The formation of 



his powerful jaws and terrible canine teeth are 

 well adapted to seize and hold his prey, and his 

 molars are strong enough to crush the bones of 

 an ox. His great strength, however, lies in his 

 fore-arms and paws. His mode of attacking his 

 prey is not to seize it with its teeth, but to strike 

 terrific blows with his fore-paws. His weakness 

 is for pork, and to obtain it he will run any risk. 

 ^^'hen the farmers, after sufTering severe losses 

 at his hands, become unusually alert, he retires 

 to the depths of the forest and solaces himself 

 with a young Moose, Caribou, or Deer. He 

 seldom or never attacks a full grown Moose, 

 but traces of desperate encounters, in which the 

 Cow-Moose has battled for her offspring, are 

 frequently met with in the woods." 



CINNAMON BEAR 



This is not a distinct species, but only the local 

 name for Black Bear in one of its curious color 

 phases. The Black Bear, indeed, runs through 

 many varying shades, and often brown and 



black cubs are found in the same litter. In 

 Alaska and the Rocky Mountains it is fre- 

 quently found with a brown or cinnamon coat — 

 hence its name. See description of Black Bear. 



Photograph by J . M . Johnson 



BLACK AND CINNAMON BEARS 

 Feeding together in Yellowiitone Park. They are quite tame in this reservation 



