a 
1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE URSID&. 697 
a. Australasian. Claws compressed, much curved. 
1, Hevarctos marayanus. The Bruang. B.M. 
Black; nose ferruginous; chest with a semilunar or semioval 
yellow patch ; claws very long. 
Ursus malayanus, Raffles, Linn. Trans. xiii. 254 ; Horsf. Java, t. ; 
F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t.; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 322. t. 22. 
f. 3, 4; De Blainv. Ostéogr. Ursus, 25, t. 8 (skull), t. 12 (teeth) ; 
Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 144, 
Prochilus malayanus, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, p- 61. 
Helarctos malayanus, Horsf. Zool. Journ. ii. 221, t.7; Gray, 
Cat. Mamm. B. M. 73. 
H. euryspilus, Horsf. Zool. Journ. ii. 221,t.7; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 
B. M. 73. 
Malay Bear, Griffith, A. K. t. 
Hab. Malayan islands—Sumatra, Borneo, Java; Malay penin- 
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sula. Called ‘ Bruang’ by Malays. 
Safe [se (eee lees. 
Soules /sdlag/s2/e2les]as/s4| 
Skulls. EEE Se ee ag Se Be ic| Be | 25 | 
HES = = e fa = 4 | 23] 
in, 1 fin. Lino Lin, Lim. Lin, Llin, lin. Lin. 1. 
1140 a. E.(H.) euryspilus ...)0 1018 36 5/2 412 5/4 61 1012 71 3} 
11404. Borneo (younger)...... 0 9/7 66 32 42 O4 Ol 62 31 0 
959 a. H.malayanus(veryold)|\0 8\8 77 O22 82 94 411 82 61 1 
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The skull of a very old animal, labelled U. malayanus, received 
from the Zoological Society’s Museum, has a much shorter tubercular 
grinder than any of the others in the Museum, which are called U. 
euryspilus ; but the teeth of the specimen rather differ in size, and 
the figure that Cuvier and De Blainville give of the skull of the speci- 
men of U. malayanus which we sent to Paris by Dr. Leach, from 
the species that was first described, appears to be intermediate in 
size and form between the skulls in the British Museum. But perhaps 
the Bornean specimen may be found to have a rather larger tuber- 
cular grinder, which is more contracted behind than in the Javan 
specimens. 
Skull short, swollen. Nose very short, broad ; end as broad as the 
forehead between the orbits ; nose-opening elongate, higher than 
broad. Orbits small, ovate. Forehead broad, convex, arched on 
the sides and extended far back between the temporal muscles. 
The palate broad, short, concave, with parallel sides, contracted be- 
hind ; the opening of the hinder nostrils broad, equal, the sides about 
as long as the width of the front edge. The last tubercular grinder 
moderate, broad, as broad and rather longer than the flesh-tooth, ob- 
liquely truncated on the hinder half of the outer margin. The side 
cutting-teeth larger-lobed. False grinders close together, forming a 
crowded series: the first oblong, longer ; the second small, on the 
outer side of the series ; the third longer, three-lobed. The lower jaw 
