SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Family III.— CARNIVORA. 



Six incisors in each jaw ; cheek-teeth never furnished with 

 sharp points, as in the family of Insectivora, but either 

 trenchant or tuberculous, or both ; the species more or less 

 carnivorous, in proportion to the trenchant or tuberculous 

 character of these teeth ; canines long and strong. 



Tribe I. Plantigrades. 



Beasts of prey that bring the whole sole of the foot from 

 toe to heel to the ground in walking. 



Genus T. Ursus. 



Cheek-teeth proper f , large and entirely tuberculous, with 

 J or I false molars, very small, which come late, and soon 

 fall out ; body thick, and covered with thick hair ; ears 

 largish, slightly acuminated ; toes five, furnished with strong 

 curved claws, fitted for digging ; tail short ; mammae six, 

 two pectoral and four ventral. 



316. 1. U. Arctos (Common European Bear.) Brown; 

 forehead convex above the eyes ; muzzle truncated. 



Ursus Arctos, L. 



Ours, Buff. torn. viii. The Brown or Common Bear of 

 the English. 



Icon. Buff. torn. viii. pi. 31. Pcrrault, tab. 9. F. Cuvier, 

 Mam. Lithog. f. Baron Cuvier, Menag. Mus. 



Inhabits the highest mountains and largest forests of 

 Europe, and the temperate and southern parts of Asia. 



317. 2. U. Niger Europceus (European Black Bear.) 

 Brownish-black ; nose red ; muzzle reddish yellow brown ; 

 cranium flat. 



Black Bear of Europe. Baron Cuvier, Ossemens FossileSf 

 IV. 316. 

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