UBsus. 199 



but (luiiisy gallop of the family. It is an excellent swimmer, 

 crossing swollen torrents with ease. 



The usnal 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 \\ ith the mother till full-grown, and those of t\Ao 

 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 the 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 malayaniis. 'The Malay Bear. 



Uisus malayaiuis, liaffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii, j:). 2.'j4 (1822) ; Blyth, 



Cat. p. 76. 

 Helarctos malavanus, Ilorsf. Zovl. Jcarn. u, p. 234 ; Cantor, 



J. A. S.B. xv/p. 191 ; lihjth, Mam. Birds Burma, p. 30. 

 Helarctos euryspiliis, Ilors/icld, Zoul. Jvurn. ii, p. 221. 



Wek-won, Burmese ; Bruang, Malay. 



8ize small. Fur short and coarse. C'la^ s well cur\ed. Ears 

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



8kull in adults very short and broad, nose short, zygomatic arches 

 wide. Auditory bull* 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 w hitish ; the cresceutic patch on the 

 chest white, yellow, or orange, with the two ends often bi'oad, 

 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, Chittagoug, and the Garo hills. Throughout Burma, indeed, 

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



