232 



ME. OLDFIELD THOMAS OX A XEW FORM OF BEAR. [Mar. 20, 



Teeth peculiarly short and hroad in outline. P^ very broad 

 and heavy, nearly as broad as long, with low cusps and a low 

 broad internal lobe. M^ rather shorter, and yet actually broader, 

 than in the type of yesoensis. Lower teeth similarly'- broader 

 throughout, the last molar quite unusually broad and squai-e in 

 shape, not narrowing beliind (see text-fig. 59 h). 



Text-fis-. 59. 



a, skull, and h, last lower molar of Ursiis arctos sJianorum. 



Dimensions of the typical skull : — 



Basal length 295 mm. ; zygomatic breadth 162 ; length of nasals 

 82 ; interorbital breadth 59 ; breadth across postorbital processes 

 87 ; intertemporal breadth 62 ; breadth of brain-case 95 ; mastoid 

 breadth 141 ; palate length 169. 



Teeth: pM7xl5; m^ 22x18; nr 36x19; p^UxT; m, 23 

 Xll-5; m, 25x16-5; mg 20x17-5. 



JIab. Shan States. 



Tyjye. Subadult male. B.M. no. 6.3.16.1. 



This Bear difiered from the Hokkaido Bear, vrhich appeared to 

 be its nearest ally, by its much smaller size and by the marked 

 differences in the shape of the teeth above detailed. 



By the kindness of the Trvistees of the Indian ]\Iuseum, the 

 typical specimen of this interesting Bear had been ceded in 

 exchano-e to the British Mviseum. 



