938 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE FEET 
of 7. thibetanus the interramal tuft was represented by a single 
longish hair. 
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Rhinaria of Bears. 
A. Anterior view of rhinarium of Melursus wrsinus. 
Bb. Ditto Helarctos malayanus (from a dried skin). 
(OF Ditto Tremarctos thibetanus. 
D. Ditto Ursus americanus. 
Ii. Side view of lips and rhinarium of Welursus wrsinus. 
F. Ditto Ursus americanus. 
Systematic Value of the Feet. 
From time to time the Urside have been split up into a 
considerable number of genera and subgenera, based partly upon 
external, but mainly upon dental and cranial characters, the only 
well-marked species which has never apparently received a special 
