URSUS. 



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Genus AILUROPUS. 



Ailuropus, A. Milne Edwards Arch. Mus. Paris, vii , Bulletin p. 88 (1871). 



Ailuropus melanoleucus. 



Ursus melanoleucus, David Arch. Mus. Paris, v. Bulletin p. 13 (1869). 

 Ailuropoda melanoleucus, A. Milne Edwards Ann. Sc. Nat. (5), xiii, no. 



10 (1870). 

 Ailuropus melanoleucus, A. Milne Edwards Arch. Mtis. Paris, vii, Bidl, p. 



92 (1871) ; id. Rech. Mamm., p. 321, pis. 1-lvi. 



Distribution. — Mountains of Eastern Thibet. 



a. Skull (cast). Paris Museum [Ex.] 



Genus URSUS. 



Ursus, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 69 (1766). 



Helarcto", Horsfield Zool. Journ., ii, p. 221 (1826). Type, U. malayanus. 



Key of the Indian Species. 



a. Upper molar equal in length to the two premolars immediately 

 in front of it. 



b. Forehead concave ; fur generally whitish or grayish to brown; 

 claws white or brown. U. isabellinus, p. 302. 



b'^. Forehead flat ; fur generally black with a broad white mark 

 on the chest; claws black. U. torquatus, p. 303. 



