FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



to be doubted whether there are four truly distinguishable 

 varieties in the North American Arctic. 



Polar Bear. — Thalarctos maritimus maritimus (Phipps). 



As described above. Found in West Greenland, Ellesmere- 

 land, Hudson Bay, and Arctic coast of Alaska. 

 Ungava Polar Bear. — Thalarctos maritimus ungavensis (Knott- 

 nerus- Meyer). 

 Found in the vicinity of Ungava Bay, Ungava, Canada. 

 East Greenland Polar Bear. — Thalarctos eogroenlandicus 

 (Knottnerus-Meyer) . 

 Found in the region of eastern Greenland. 

 Labrador Polar Bear. — Thalarctos lahradorensis (Knottnerus- 

 Meyer). 



Found in Labrador. 



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The Polar Bear, with his white coat and characteristic body 

 form, stands by himself, apart from the other Bears. He has 

 cast aside a dependence upon firm land and is at home in the 

 sea or on drifting ice. He follows the food supply and 

 is unlike the rest of the Ursidae in his behavior toward man. 

 Accounts agree that very often the great White Bear shows 

 no instinctive fear of man and may even stalk a man the 

 same as a Seal or other natural prey. 



The native habitat of the Polar Bear is so far north that 

 comparatively few men have ever seen him there, but he is a 

 common denizen of zoological parks and a familiar species. 



The number of young born to the Polar Bear is nearly always 

 two, and the time varies from late December to early January. 



Family Procyonidae. Raccoons 



Carnivores of small or medium size; five toes on fore- and 

 hind feet; feet comparatively long and slender; gait planti- 

 grade; pads of feet naked; tail long, bushy, and usually 

 annulated; muzzle elongated; molar crowns tuberculate. 



Genus Procyon 



Dentition: Incisors, f ; Canines, \; Premolars, f ; Molars, | =40 



Raccoon. — Procyon lotor 



and related forms 

 Names. — Raccoon; Coon. Plates VI and XVIII. 

 General Description. — A robust, fair-sized carnivore with 

 long pelage and long, banded, rather bushy, tail. Muzzle long 



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