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Java. Or is he the Sloth Bear, Prochilous 

 (or Melursus) labiatusf This bear has been 

 carefully classified as a separate genus 

 found from the Ganges to Ceylon. His de 

 scription fits rather loosely the so-called 

 sloth of Louisiana. Possibly the Louisiana 

 specimen is of the Genus Tremarctos, of 

 which the learned people tell us there is 

 but a solitary species carefully isolated in 

 the Andes of Chile and Peru. I shall call 

 the Louisiana specimen by the name given 

 him by our poet, the Spectacled Bear, 

 Tremarctos Ornatus, and the professors 

 who have entirely overlooked hia existence 

 may classify him later when they find time. 

 At one time the Honey Bear was classified 

 as a "Bradipus," or sloth, because of its 

 liability to lose its incisors. It was there 

 fore set down as one of the Edentata. It has 

 also been styled the Jungle Bear, the Lipped 

 Bear, and names as various as the investi 

 gators' fancy. The Tremarctos Ornatus of 

 Louisiana, or spectacled bear, is not a sloth. 

 He does not belong to the Edentata, neither 



