302 MAMMALIA. 



a^. Upper molar equal in length to the one premolar immediately 

 in front of it ; skull with a very short nasal portion, the nose 

 ferrugineus and the chest with a semi-lunar yellow patch. 



U. malayanus, p. 304. 



Ursus isabellinus. 



Ursus isabellinus, Horsfield Linn. Trans., xv p. 332(1826); Gray Cat. 



Hodgs. Coll., 1st ed., p. 15 ; Wagner HugeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 570 ; Adams 



P. Z. 5., 1858, p. 517 ; Blyth Cat. no. 224, p. 76; Jerdon Marnm., p. 69 ; 



Cray Cat. Carn. Mamm., p. 223; Atkinson N.-W. P., Gazett., xi, p. o ; 



Lydekker J. A. S. B., xlvi, p. 285 ; Scully P. Z. S., 1881, p. 203 ; Kinlock 



Large Game-shooting, i, p. 46. 

 ? Ursus syriacus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys., pi. i (1828); Gray Cat. 



Carn. Mamni., p. 224. 

 ? Ursus leuconyx, Severtzoff Ann. Mag, N. H. (4), xviii, p. 43 (1876). 

 Ursus pruinosus, 5/aM/ord J.A.S.B., xlvi,p.3i8 (1877); Blyth J. A. S. B., 



xxii, p. 589. 



The Snow or Brown Bear also the Blue Bear ( = var. prui- 

 nosus; Lai Bhalu, or Barfkarich, Hind, ; Harpat of Kashmir; 

 Drinmor of Ladak. 



Distribution, — The higher ranges of the Himalayas, both north 

 and south of the watershed, from Gilgit, eastwards to Assam. 



On comparing the skulls of Ursus isabellinus with those of the 

 European and Northern Asiatic bear (U. arctos),the only apparent 

 point of difference is that the forehead of the former species is 

 distinctly concave, while that of the latter is flat, i,e., the line 

 between the postorbital processes and the nasal opening is in the 

 case of U. arctos a straight one, and in the case of U. isabellinus a 

 curved one, beyond this there does not seem to be any difference 

 between the two species, and Blanford has in his Mammals of 

 India combined the two under the name of Ursus arctus. 



In the Eastern Thibetan variety (U. pruinosus), the hair is black- 

 ish or bluish, but it is hardly worthy of separation even as a 

 geographical race. 



a. Skin G. T. Lushington, 1847, 



A.S.B. 

 &. Skin, skull Maharajah of Burdwan, 1858, 



A.S.B. 



c. Skin, skull Maharajah of Burdwan, 1858, 



A.S.B. 



d. Skin juv. J Zoological Gardens. 



e. Skin, skelet. ^ Zoological Gardens. 



/. Skin, skull $ Zoological Gardens. 



g. Stuffed, skull Zoological Gardens. 



juv. ^ 



/t. Stuffed juv. 2 Rajah R. Mullick. 



y. Skull $ A. Campbell, 1856, A.S.B. 



;fe. Skull $ Kashmir T. Brownlow, 1856, A.S.B. 



/. Skull Kashmir Purchased, 1858, A.S.B. 



