98 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



The front claws are lono- and considerably carved. No mention is made 

 ot the external features of this bear by its describer ; but a flat skin in the 

 possession of Mr. J. C. Tolman measures no less than 13.^ feet from the 

 nose to the tip oi the tail, while the animal to which it belonged weighed 

 1656 lbs. 



THE YEZO BROWN BEAR 



( Ursus arctiis ycsoensis) 



Certain bear-skulls in the British Museum from Yezo, the northern 

 island ot Japan, show characters which have led the present writer to regard 



Fig. 24. — Profile View of Sub-adult Skull of Yezo Brown Bear. (From Proceedings of the 



Zoological Society, 1897.) 



them as representing a distinct race of the brown bear. One of these 

 skulls is shown in tlic annexed figure, and from the palatal aspect in the 

 figure on page 91. Compared with skulls of approximately the same age of 

 the Kamchatkan brown bear, which they approach in size, two immature 

 specimens differ by the regular convex arch formed by the profile. The 

 difterence is also equally noticeable in the one fully adult specimen, in 

 which there is no trace of the concavity at the root of the nasal bones 

 so conspicuous in the Kamchatkan bear. The palate, too, is also remark- 



