URSUS MALAY ANUS. 



vear 1820; and the account of it contained in his Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoolo- 

 <ncal Collection made in Sumatra, and published in the Thirteenth Volume of the 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, comprises aU that is as yet known of this 

 interesting animal. In communicating this figure to the Public, I shall therefore 

 give Sir Stamford's description entire in his own words, and add a concise account 

 of the specimen which is now deposited in the Museum at the India House. 



" This deserves to be ranked as a distinct species from the common Bear, and 

 from that of the continent of India. The most striking difference is the comparative 

 shortness of its hair, and the fineness and glossiness of its fur ; in which particular 

 it appears to resemble the American Bear. It is further remarkable in having a 

 large heart-shaped spot of white on the breast. The mvizzle is of a ferruginous 

 colour. It stands lower, but is a stouter and better proportioned animal than the 

 common Bear. 



" When taken young, they become very tame. One lived two years in my 

 possession. He was brought up in the nursery with the children ; and when admitted 

 to my table, as was frequently the case, gave a proof of his taste by refusing to eat 

 any fruit but mangosteens, or to drink any wine but Champaign. The only time I 

 ever knew him out of humour was on an occasion when no Champaign was forth- 

 coming. It was naturally of a playful and affectionate disposition, and it was never 

 found necessary to chain or chastize him. It was usual for this Bear, the cat, the 

 dog, and a small blue mountain bird or Lory of New Holland, to mess together, 

 and to eat out of the same dish. His favourite playfellow was the dog, whose 

 teazing and worrying was always borne and returned with the utmost good humour 

 and playfulness. As he grew up he became a very powerful animal ; and in his 

 rambles in the garden, he would lay hold of the largest plantains, the stems of 

 which he could scarcely embrace, and tear them vxp by the roots. 



" A female of this species was sent to England last year by the William Pitt." 

 — Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 254!. 



Description of the Specimeit at the India House. — Head short, conical, very 

 gradually attenuated, obtuse, broad between the ears, defined above by a nearly 

 straight line. Nose terminated by a fleshy elongation, consisting of an oblong pro- 

 duction of the upper part of the rostrum, covering the nostrils, which are round, 

 and separated by a narrow septum. Gape of the mouth terminating below the 

 anterior canthus of the eye. Lips thin and defined, bounded by a series of short 



