2. TJBSOS. 



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the forehead flat, nearly on a line with the very broad nose ; the 

 aperture of the nose large, broad, as broad as high. 



Ursus syriacus, Sempr. ^ Ehrenh. Symb, Fhysicce, i. t. 1 : Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 687. 



Hah. Syria, Mount Lebanon {Ehrenh.) ; Persia ? {Eraser). 



This Bear is very like U. isahellinus in external appearance ; but 

 the form of the skull is very difierent. The nose is broader, stri- 

 ated, and only separated from the forehead by a very sUght depres- 

 sion. The upper tubercular grinder is shorter and thicker than in 

 the generality of the skulls of the Indian White Bears. 



The skulls of the adult and half-grown Bears from Syria are very 

 like that from Cashmere of the same age ; but the forehead is rather 

 broader and more convex, and it extends further back between the 

 temporal muscles. The nose is considerably broader at the end, 

 being 3 inches and 1 line over the canines, and only separated from 

 the forehead by a very slight depression ; while in the male U. isa- 

 hellinus it is only 2 inches and 9 lines wide. The outer maxUlse on 

 the sides of the nasal broad. The lower jaw is stronger and higher, 

 especially at the hinder part. The zygomatic arch is much wider 

 and stronger, especially in the front part under the orbit. The 

 upper tubercular grinder is thicker, but shorter than in the skulls 

 frpm Cashmere. 



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 5»a 







lOlOJ. Zool.aard.; Syria 

 1010a. „ „ 



in. 1 

 12 9 

 10 9 



7 6 

 6 2 



in. 1, 

 3 

 2 4 



in. 1. 

 2 8 

 2 4 



The skins of each of these animals are in the British Museum ; 

 6 is a large whitish animal ; a is a smaller pale-brown one. 

 They were both formerly living in the Zoological Gardens. 



** Fur short, close, uniform, deep black. Asia. 



5. TJrsas torquatns. (Indian Black Bear.) B.M. 



Fur black; chin white; a broad, forked, white mark on the chest, 

 rather contracted behind ; cheeks with prominent bushy hairs ; face 

 brownish ; palate of skull narrow, concave ; upper tubercular elon- 

 gate, half as long again as the flesh-tooth. 



Ursus thibetanus, F. Ouvier, Mamm. lAthogr. t. ; Owen, P. C. S. Z. 

 S. i. p. 76, 1831 (anatomy) ; Sadde, Melanges Biologiques de St. 

 Petersbourg, iii. p. 677, 1861 ; Hodgson,, J. A. S. B. i. p. 340, x. 

 p. 910 ; P. Z. S. i. p. 96 ; Oalcut. J. N. H. iv. p. 288 ; Swinhoe, P. 

 Z. S. 1862, p. 351 ; SckOer, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 818 ; Badde, Beisen 

 Nord-Ost-Sib. Saugeth. p. 12. 



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