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are peculiar to the Temperate and Cold Zones. 

 The Black Fox (C. niger), the Cross Fox (C. cruci- 

 ger), and the Corsac (C. corsac), belong- to cold coun- 

 tries. The Arctic Fox (C. lagopus) is numerous in 

 Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, on the Frozen Sea, and 

 in Greenland ; and lives beyond the limit of snow, in 

 company with the Rein Deer and White Bear. The 

 southern Arctic Fox (C. antarticus) is found in the 

 Southern Hemisphere. The Jackall (C. aureus), and 

 Hyenas, inhabit the Torrid Zone, and the conti- 

 guous parts of the Temperate. The former live in 

 vast flocks in Syria, Persia, Arabia, Hindoostan, 

 Bengal, Algiers, and Egypt. 



15. The Bear (Ursus) is a native of the Cold and 

 contiguous half of the Temperate Zone. The fiercest 

 and largest of this Genus inhabit Spitzbergen, Nova 

 Zembla, Greenland, the Icy Sea, and the Icy Plains 

 of the Northern Polar Sea. The Glutton (U. 

 gulo), and the Wolverene (U. luscus), live in the 

 region of the 70th degree N.L. The former is met 

 with in Lapland, according to Wahlenberg, 1500 feet 

 below the snow-line. The Brown Bear (U. arctos), 

 as well as the Black Bear in North America, inhabit 

 the northern countries, or the lofty mountains of the 

 more southern. In America, Bears are met with in 

 the neighbourhood of the snow-line. Of all Bears, the 



