226 



TJRSID^. 



Ursus ferox, Robinson, Assam, p. 69. 



Helaictos malayanus, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. i. p. 340. 



Helarctos tibetanus, Chray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 73. 



Ursus torquatus, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. p. 302 ; Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. 



t. 141 D ; Oray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 688. 

 Ursus formosanus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 380 : Gray, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 689. B.M. 



Hah. India, Nepal, central hilly region (Hodgson) ; East Siberia 

 (Badde). Not found in Thibet (Hodgson, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 282) ; 

 Formosa (Swinhoe). 



The specimen h, which has the wider palate, also has a much more 

 convex forehead. 



Var. 1. arhoreus. 



Upper tubercular and nose shorter. 



Ursus hindaicus arboreus, Oldham, MS. B. M. (young skull). 



Hah. Darjeeling (Oldham, Hodgson). 



The skull has a broad short nose, rounded above ; the nose-open- 

 ing as high as wide ; forehead convex, broad, rounded on the sides ; 

 nasal bones very broad, large, extending back to a line even with 

 the middle of the orbits ; lower edge of lower jaw straight ; the last 

 tubercular grinders broad, larger than the flesh-tooth, oblique, trun- 

 cated on the outer hinder side, not wider than long ; palate nearly 

 flat, slightly concave in front, rather contracted behind, on a line 

 with the last edge of the tubercular grinder ; hinder opening of the 

 nostrils elongate, scarcely contracted behind, sides longer than the 

 width of the front edge. 



Skulls. 





^" 







S3 





219/. Hodgson's 



219^ 



219 0. Oldham's (young)" 



in. 1. 



1 Oi 



1 



1 Oi 



in. 1. 



10 9 

 9 9 

 8 6? 



in. 1 

 6 9 

 6 11 



in. 1. 

 2 6 

 2 



5 42 1 



in. 1. 



2 11 

 5 

 2 



42 



in. 1. 

 5 7 

 5 

 9 



44 



in. 1. in. 1. 

 1 73 4 

 1 52 9 

 1 42 6 



in. 1. 



1 6 



1 



1 3 



Two of these specimens (g and c) have a much shorter nose than 

 the generality of the skulls of U. torquatus ; but /, which has also 

 a short tubercular grinder, like them has the nose of the skull of the 



