UESUS. 199 



but clumsy gallop of the family. It is an excellent swimmer,: 

 crossing swollen torrents with ea.se. 



The usual den of this bear is in dense jungle, often in a cave 

 or hollow tree amongst thick bush. As in the case of U. arctus, 

 adults are generally found alone except in the pairing-season ; but 

 the cubs remain with the mother till full-grown, and those of two ; 

 seasons are sometimes found with her at one time. This accounts 

 for the parties of four or five bears occasionally noticed. The, 

 period of gestation has not been recorded, but is probably Ihe same 

 as in other bears ; the young, usually two in number, are born in 

 spring, and are very small, and blind for some time after birth. If 

 captured young they are easily tamed, but are said to be less docile 

 than the other three Indian species, and are certainly less fre- 

 quently seen in captivity. 



99. Ursus malayanus. The Malay Bear. 



Ursus malayanus, Raffles. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 254 (1822) : Blyth. 



Cat. p. 70. 

 Helarctos malayanus, Horsf. Zool. J<.urn. ii, p. 234 ; Cantor, 



J. A. & B. x\, "p. 191 ; Blyth, Mam. Birds Burma, p. 30. 

 Helarctos euryspilus, Horsfield, Zool. Jvurti. ii, p. 221. 



Wek-won, Burmese ; Bruang, Malay. 



Size small. Fur short and coarse. Claws well curved. Ears 

 small, rounded, covered with short hair. Tongue very long. 



Skull in adults very short and broad, nose short, zygomatic arches 

 wide. Auditory bullie more swollen than in U. arctus or U. tor- 

 quatus. Incisors and canines large, premolars crowded and soon 

 lost. Upper sectorial very small, its transverse section scarcely 

 larger than that of the outer incisor. Molars short and very broad. 



Colour. Black, brownish in parts. The muzzle including the 

 eyes and the chin paler, often whitish ; the crescentic patch on the 

 chest white, yellow, or orange, with the two ends often broad, 

 sometimes united into a large oval or heart-shaped spot with a 

 black centre, and sometimes with the apex prolonged into a white 

 streak on the abdomen. Claws pale horny, sometimes dusky. 



Dimensions. Head and body about 4 feet, tail 2 inches, hind 

 foot 7. The animal may grow to a rather larger size than this, but 

 apparently never exceeds about 4| feet in length. A full-grown 

 Bornean female only measured 36 inches from nose to rump, tail 



1 inch; weight 60'lbs. The ears are quite short, not more than 



2 inches long. A very old and large skull is 8-5 inches long 

 (basal length) and 8-3 broad ; in younger skulls (fig. 52, p. 194) 

 the breadth is proportionally less. 



Distribution. This bear inhabits the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 

 Java, and Borneo, and extends northwards into Tenasserim, Ara- 

 kan, Chittagong, and the Garo hills. Throughout Burma, indeed, 

 1 learn from Dr. Anderson, both this and the preceding species 



