116 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
No. 165. Ursus (HELARCTOS) GEDROSIANUS. 
Baluchistan Bear. 
Native NaME.—Jamh. 
Hapitat.—Baluchistan. 
DEscRIPTION.—Fur ranging from brown to brownish-black, otherwise 
as in last species. 
This is a new species, brought to notice by Mr. W. T. Blanford, and 
named by him. ‘The skull of the first specimen procured was scarcely 
distinguishable from that of a female of Ursus torguatus, and he was for 
a time apparently in doubt as to the distinctness of the species, taking 
the brown skin as merely a variety ; but a subsequently received skull 
of an adult male seems to prove that it is a much smaller animal. 
No. 166. Ursus (HELARCTOS) MALAYANUS. 
The Bruang or Malayan Sun Bear. 
NatTivE NaMeE.— Wet-woon, Arracan. 
Hasirat.—Burmah, Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. 
DESCRIPTION.—Smaller than UW. ‘orguatus, not exceeding four and a 
half feet in length. Fur black, brownish on the nose; the chest marked 
with a white crescent, or, in the Bornean variety, an orange-coloured 
heart-shaped patch; the claws are remarkably long; mouth and lower 
jaw dirty white ; the lower part of the crescent prolonged in a narrow 
white streak down to the belly, where it is widened out into a large 
irregular spot. Marsden, in his ‘ History of Sumatra,’ published towards 
the end of the last century, speaks of this bear under the name of 
Bruang (query: is our Bruin derived from this?), and mentions its 
habit of climbing the cocoa-nut trees to devour the tender part, or 
cabbage. 
It is more tamable and docile than the Himalayan Sun Bear, and is 
even more eccentric in its ways. The one in the London “ Zoo,” when 
given a biscuit, lies down on its back, and passes it about from fore to 
hind paws, eyeing it affectionately, and making most comical noises as it 
rollsabout. Sir Stamford Raffles writes of one which was in his possession 
for two years :—‘ He was brought up in the nursery with the children ; 
and when admitted to my table, as was frequently the case, gave a proof 
of his taste by refusing to eat any fruit but mangosteens, or to drink any 
wine but champagne. The only time I ever knew him out of humour 
was on an occasion when no champagne was forthcoming. He was 
naturally of a playful and affectionate disposition, and it was never found 
necessary to chain or chastise him. It was usual for this bear, the cat, 
the dog, and a small blue mountain bird, or lory, of New Holland, to 
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