THE BORNE AX BRUANG. 



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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 peraliar 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.— Hdarctos malayanus. 



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 Bornean 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. 



