700 DR. J. EK. GRAY ON THE URSID. [Dec. 13, 
U. longirostris, Tiedem. Abhandl. 1820, p. 4 (not Eversmann); 
Reichenbach, Noy. Act. Nat. Cur. xiii. 323, t. 15. 
Bradypus ursinus, Shaw, Zool. i. 159, t. 47. 
B. ursiformis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. i. t.58; Horsf. Cat. Mus. E. I. 
Comp. 124; Cat. Hodgson Coll. B. M. 13; Wolf, Abbild. ii. 18, t. 7. 
Melursus lybius, Meyer ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 73. 
Prochilus ursinus, Uliger, Prodr. 
P. labiatus, Gray, Aun. Philos. 1825, p. 60. 
Slow Bear, Hamilton, Mysore, ii. 197; Bewick, Quad. 
Ursiform Sloth, Pennant, Quad. ii. 243, t. 92. 
Petre Bear, Canton, Figures of Animals, t. 
Ours Jongleur, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithog. t.; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. 
iv. 320, t. 23. f.6; Delamétherie, Journ. de Phys. 1792, t. 136. 
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Hab. India, plains (Sykes); Southern Mahratta country (Ziliot) ; 
Nepaul (Hodgson) ; Benares (Pennant) ; Dukhun. 
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Skull :—Nose broad, rather flattened above, rather wider than the 
forehead between the orbits; nasal opening broader than high. 
Forehead rounded, regularly sloping down before and behind. Orbits 
oblong-ovate. The chin very long, sloping ; the lower edge of lower 
jaw straight. The upper cutting-teeth four ; the inner ones absorbed; 
the outer on each side larger. The last upper grinder oblong, almost 
as long as and narrower than the upper flesh-tooth. The palate 
broad, concave, bent up in front of the canine, broader behind, espe- 
cially in the line of the hinder grinder, rather contracted behind to- 
wards the hinder aperture of the nostrils. The nose-aperture broad, 
with a thin transverse edge ; the sides not quite as long as the width 
of the aperture. The zygomatic arches most prominent at the hinder 
end, rather in front of a line with the condyles. 
b. Tail elongate, hairy, black-ringed. Body moderate. Limbs 
moderate. Teeth 40. 
Procyonina, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 74. 
