URSUS. 



305 



Purchased, 1869. 

 Christiania Univ., 1846, 



AS.B. 

 Christiania Univ., 1846, 



A.S.B. 

 Babu H. M. Roy. 

 H. F. Blanford, 1863, A.S.B. 

 Hakodate Mus. Yesso [E.] 



t ° Ursus japonicus. 



Ursus tibetanus, a/MflJ Temminck and Schlegel Faun. Jap. Mamm., p. 29 



(1850). 

 Ursus japonicus, Schlegel Handleid Beoefning Dierh., pt, i p. 42 (1857)*; 



P. L.Sclater P.Z.S., 1862, p. 261, pi. xxxii j Guntker P.Z.S., 1880, p. 442; 



Gray Cat. Carn. Mamm., p. 227. 



Distribution. — Japan. 

 a. Skin $ Japan 



O. L. Fraser, Esq., 1886. 



Ursus americanus. 



Ursus americanus, Pallas Spic. ZooL, xiv, p. 5 (1780); Gfoy Ca/. Car « 



Mamm., p. 229. 

 Ursus niger americanus, Schinz Synop. Mamm.,\, p. 301 (1844). 

 Ursus cinnamoneus, Baird Rep. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv ., ii, Mamm., p, 



29 (1859)*. 



Distribution. — North America from Alaska southwards tp'^; 

 Mexico. ^ " ^.-..- . -. ._,% 



Skull 

 Skull 



E.Blyfh, 1865, A.S.B. 

 W. Theobald, i868. 



.diiiiiisiii .«iiiJJSii»iti 



Ursus maritimus. 



Ursus maritimus, Erxleben Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 160 (1777) ; Blyih Cat. 



no. 222, p. 75. 

 Ursus polaris, Shato Mus. Leverianum, i, p. 7 (1792)*. 

 Ursus marinus, Pallas Itin., iii, p. 691 (1793)*. 

 Thalarctos polaris, Gray Ann. Philos., p. 62 (1825)*. 

 Thalarctos maritimus. Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 73 (1843). 

 Thalassarctos maritimus, Gray Cat. Carn. Mamm., p. 218 (1869). 



Distribution. - 

 America. 



a. Skin, skelet. ? 



b. Skull 



c. Skull 



d. Skull 



■Circum-polar, Arctic coasts of Europe, Asia and 



W Rutledge. 



E. Blyth, 1865, A.S.B. \^ 

 Copenhagen Mus., A.S.B.°| 

 Aberdeen University. ' '* 



Greenland 

 Greenland 



