CARNARIA. 95 
and, where fish is abundant, proceeds to the shores for the 
purpose of catching it. It is only for want of other aliment 
that it attacks quadrupeds. The flesh is held in great esteem. 
There is another Black Bear found in the Cordilleras, with a 
white throat and muzzle, and large fawn-coloured eye-brows, 
that unite on the forehead—U. ornatus, Fr. Cuv. Mammif. 
The East Indies also produce severai Bears of a black colour, 
such as the 
U. malaianus, Horsf. Java. (The Malay Bear.) Smooth ; 
black ; fawn-coloured muzzle ; a heart-shaped spot of the same 
colour on the breast. From the Peninsula beyond the Ganges 
and the islands of the straits of Sunda. It is very injurious to 
the cocoa nut trees, which it climbs in order to deyour their tops 
and drink the milk of the fruit. 
U. thibetanus, Fr.Cuy. Mammif. (The Thibet Bear.) Black 5 
the under lip and a large mark in the form of a Y on the breast 
white ; profile straighter and claws weaker. From the moun- 
tains in the north of India. 
The most remarkable however of these Bears of India is the 
U. labiatus, Blain.; L’Ours jongleur, Fred. Cuy. Mammif.; 
U. longirostris, Tied. (The Thick-lipped Bear.) The cartilage 
of the nose dilated ; the tip of the under lip elongated, both be- 
ing movable; when old, very thick, bushy hairs round the 
head. The incisors being easily lost, occasioned it for a long 
time to be considered as a Sloth.(1) It is black; the muzzle 
and tips of the paws fawn-coloured or whitish, and a half collar 
or spot in the form of a Y under the neck and breast. This 
animal is a favourite with the Indian jugglers on account of its 
deformity. 
U. maritimus, L.; Cuv. Ménag. du Mus., 8vo, p. 683; copied, 
Schreb. pl. cxli. (The Polar Bear.) This is another species, 
very distinguishable by its long and flattened head and its white 
and smooth fur. It pursues Seals and other marine animals. 
Exaggerated accounts of its ferocity have rendered it highly 
celebrated. 
Procyon, Storr. vi 
The Raccoons have three back tuberculous molars, the superior of 
which are nearly square, and three pointed false molars in front, 
forming a continuous series to the canines, which are straight and 
(1) It is the Bradypus ursinus of Shaw, and the genus Procuiius, Illig. See 
Jour. de Phys. of 1792, vol. xl, p; 136. 
