92 PllOF. E. LONNBERG : REMARKS ON 



China, and was stated to come from the interior of that country" 

 (Sclater). There appears, however, to be little reason to believe 

 that an animal with such a history came from Kamtschatka. 

 On the contrary, it must be considered far more probable that it 

 really has come from the northern or interior parts of the Chinese 

 empire, e. g. from Mongolia. As it is now proved that in fact a 

 Bear with an exterior appearance agreeing with Gray's descrip- 

 tion of U. lasiotus lives there, .1 am inclined to identify it with. 

 Gray's Bear. 



It is therefore a matter of secondary importance to make out 

 whether this big Black Bear of Mongolia and the interior of 

 China is identical or not with the Fishing Bear of Kamtschatka. 

 As long, however, as nothing is known about this, all kinds of 

 guessings are unnecessary, and Gray's name U. lasiotus may stand 

 for the big and Black Mongolian Bear*. 



Dimensions of the skull of the Mongolian Black Bear, 

 Ursus lasiotus Gray. 



mm. 



Greatest length 387 



„ width 218 



Interorbital width 80 



Depth of muzzle at front end of nasals 65 



„ „ just in front of orbits 83 



Width of muzzle across alveoles of canines 78 



„ palate inside 7«^ 48'3 



„ „ posterior part of m^ 47 



Least width of palate behind molars 44 



Width of palate at the premolar diastema 60 



5, skull outside middle of ml 82'5 



„ brain-case 106 



Length of nasals mesiallj' 117 



Greatest combined breadth of nasals 37 



Distance from hind margin o f palate to gnatliion 1 88 



„ „ orbit to gnathion 147 



Front of canine to back of w^ 132 



Combined length of ^3'*, ?»i, and m^ 75 



Length of J9'' 16'5 



Breadth of^'* 13-3 



Length of »i' 24 



Breadth of wi 17 



Length of m" 35'3 



Breadth oi ni? 18-5 



Length of lower jaw 253 



Depth of lower jaw at middle of m^ 59 



Combined length of p^, OT], ?M2j and mz 84'5 



mi 24-3X12-3 



W2 24-8X16 



OT3 22-2X15, 



* Since writing the above I have had the opportunity of seeing some Bears from 

 the Kamtschatka Peninsula which I suppose must be regarded as Ursus piscator 

 Pucheran. There has been no time for a thorough examination of the skulls, but 

 the skins certainly look very different from the specimen which I consider to be 



