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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



URSUS AMERICANUS, var. CINNAMONEUS. 



Cinnamon Bear. 



Ursus americanus var. cinnamomum, AUD. & BACH. N. Am. Quad. Ill, 1853, 125; pi. cxxvii. 



A single robe of this variety of bear was obtained in Oregon by Dr. Newberry. The hair 

 appears rather longer and softer than that of the black bear, which, however, it closely resem 

 bles in texture. The color is a nearly uniform dark chestnut or cinnamon, with a purplish 

 reflection .in certain lights ; the hairs become, however, appreciably paler towards the roots. 



For a detailed description of the skull of a small brown bear from the coppermines of the 

 Gila, referred to this species or variety, I would refer to the Zoology of the United States and 

 Mexican Boundary Survey. 



List of specimens. 



