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Ursus labiatus, De Blainv., Bullet, de la Soc. Philom. 



Desmar., Mamm. p. 166. G.Cuv., Ossem. foss. ed. 



4 me , p. 189, SfC. Sykes, Catal. of Dukhun Mamm. 



Proceed. Zool. Soc. July, 1831. Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 



p. 303. 



Ursus longinostres, Tiedeman. 

 Prochilus ursinus, Illiger. 



Bradypus ursinus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. p. I, p. 139. 

 Bradypus ursiformis, Shaw, Zool. Mid. I. t. 58. 

 Ursiform Sloth, Pennant, Quadr. II. p. 243. Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. I. p. 1, p. 159. 

 BHALLU or RIKSHA, Sans., Wilson. 

 REECHH, Hind., Hamilton. 

 BHALTJK, Beng. 

 ELOOGOO, Telugu. 



ASWAIL, of the Mahrattas, Sykes, Elliott. 

 KADDI, KABADI, Canarese, Elliot. 

 RINCH, Dukhani, Elliot. 



HAB. Hindustan, Nepal, Hodgson. Dukhun, Sykes. Southern 

 Mahratta Country, Elliot. 



A. A drawing from Dr. Francis (Buchanan) Hamilton's 

 Collection. 



Pennant examined an individual of this species which was brought 

 from Benares, in Upper India, in company with Shaw, in 1 790 : the 

 specimen having lost its front teeth, they mistook its character, and 

 according to the rigid rules of the artificial system then used, they 

 arranged it in the genus Bradypus, while its general character indicated 

 its affinity to the genus Ursus ; it was accordingly named the Ursiform 

 Sloth. By this name it has been known for many years. 



Its habits and exterior are familiar to all who visit Museums and 

 Menageries. It is very docile, and in India is trained by the jugglers 

 to the performance of various feats for the amusement of spectators. 

 In captivity it appears to be mild, but melancholy. A pair of them 

 were kept for some time in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. 



Colonel Sykes informs us that " an Aswail brought to him from the 

 woods when quite young, which lived some time in his possession, fed 

 by choice almost exclusively upon roast mutton and fowl." Mr. Elliot 

 states " that their food, when at large, seems to be black ants, termites, 

 beetles, fruit, particularly the seed of the Cassia fistula, of the date-tree, 



