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rings or semicircles round the eyes, whereby a most grotesque appearance 1S 
communicated to the whole physiognomy. The jaws, cheeks, throat, and chest 
are white: and the whole length of the animal is only about 33 feet. It has been 
generally considered that this bear is nearly related to the next species; but, al- 
though specimens have been exhibited in the London Zoological Society’s Gardens, 
little or no information exists as to its habits in the native state. 

THE MALAYAN BEAR (;); nat. size). 
The Malayan The small black Malayan bear (Ursus malayanws) is a very 
Bear. well-marked species, distinguished by its small and rounded ears, 
covered with short hair, its much elongated and almost prehensile tongue, its very 
short and wide molar teeth, and the shortness and breadth of the skull, in which 
