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CARNIVORES. 



rings or semicircles round the eyes, whereby a most grotesque appearance is 

 communicated to the whole physiognomy. The jaws, cheeks, throat, and chest 

 are white ; and the whole length of the animal is only about 3| feet. It has been 

 generally considered that this bear is nearly related to the next species ; but, al- 

 though specimens have been exhibited in the London Zoological Society's Gardens, 

 little or no information exists as to its habits in the native state. 



THE MALAYAN BEAK (fg liat. size). 



The Malayan The small black Malayan bear (Ursus malayanus) is a very 



Bear. well-marked species, distinguished by its small and rounded ears, 



covered with short hair, its much elongated and almost prehensile tongue, its very 



short and wide molar teeth, and the shortness and breadth of the skull, in which 



