THE LOUISIANA SPECTACLED BEAR. 



Tremarctos Ornatus. 



Some of our scientists have very care- 

 fully divided the Genus Ursus into twelve 

 species. While I will admit that these gen- 

 tlemen are conscientious and that they are 

 thorough in their researches, I wish to 

 point to the fact that they have entirely 

 overlooked three or four species found on 

 the Pacific Coast. 



Many writers have completely ignored 

 the spectacled bear of Louisiana. Is he the 

 representative of another genus? Does he 

 belong to the Genus Helarctos (helios, the 

 "sun," and arctos, "bear") credited by the 

 majority of writers with basking in the 

 sun, or because of the peculiar markings 

 of his chest, representing a sunburst? He 

 resembles the Helarctos Malayanus of the 

 Malayan archipelago or the Bruang of 



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