THE BORNEAN BRUANG. 395 
dog, and a small Lory, or Blue-mountain bird, and amicably feed with them from the same 
dish. 
One of these Bears that was successfully domesticated was able to eat animal as well as 
vegetable food, but was fed exclusively on bread and milk, of which it consumed rather more 
than ten pounds per diem. It is possessed of much flexibility of body, and is very fond of 
sitting on its hind legs, thrusting out its long tongue to an extraordinary distance, and ever 
and anon withdrawing it into the mouth with a peculiar snapping sound. While thus engaged, 
it makes the most grotesque and singular gestures with the fore-limbs, and rolls its body from 
side to side with unceasing assiduity. It seldom remains in one position for any length of 
BRUANG, OR MALAYAN SUN-BEAR.—Helarclos maayanus. 
time, and, although its movements are not characterized by much energy or rapidity, it is evi- 
dently possessed of much power over its limbs, and if it were disposed to enter into strife 
would probably use its long talons to good purpose. 
RESEMBLING the Malayan Bruang in general habits and disposition, the BorNrAN Bru- 
ANG, or SuN-BEAR, is acknowledged to belong to a different species from the animal which 
has just been described. The color of its fur is nearly as black as that of the Bruang; but the 
patch upon its breast is of an orange hue, instead of the grayish white which is so conspicuous 
in the Malayan Bruang. 
