236 UKSiD^. ■ 



Ursus eiiryrhinua, NUsaon, Skand. Ddffgdf'ur, p. 212. 



Sab. Hungary {Mms. Acad. Lund.). 



Professor Nilsson notices a species of Bear (wliich he saw in the 

 Academical Museum at Lund, said to have come from Hungary; 

 the fur is coloured liie U. arctos) under the name of U. euryrhinus 

 (Skand. Daggdjur, p. 212), which is thus characterized: — 



" The length of the nose (reckoned from the foramen infraorhitale 

 to the anterior margin of the intermaxillary hones at the- suture) is 

 equal to the breadth of the nose, taken either at the foramen infra- 

 orhitale or over the roots of the canine teeth." 



c. African, Claws straight. 



3. Helarctos? Crowtheri. 



Pur long, shaggy, blackish brown, beneath orange-rufous ; nose 

 very short, acuminate, black ; toes short ; claws stout. 



Ursus arctos, ShaWj Barhary. 



Ours en Airique, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. p. 325. 



Bear of Mount Atlas, Myth, P.Z.S. 1841, p. 65; Wiegm. Arch. 



1842, p. 27. 

 Ui'sus Orowtheri, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. p. 302. 

 Helarctos? Orowtheri, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 698. 



Sab. Forth- west Africa ; on mountains, Morocco ; Tetuan. 



"Adult female, inferior in size to that of the American Black 

 Bear ; more robustly formed ; the face much shorter and broader, 

 though the muzzle is pointed ; toes and claws remarkably short ; 

 the claws particularly stout. Hair black (rather, brownish black) 

 and shaggy ; the under parts of an orange-rufous colour ; muzzle 

 black. Feeds on roots, acorns, and fruit; does not climb with 

 facUity, and is stated to be very different-looking from any other 

 Bear." 



d. American. Front claws . 



4. Helarctos ornatns. B.M. 



Fur black ; the nose short, and a semicircle over each eye fulvous ; 

 jaws, cheeks, throat, and chest white. Length 3| feet. 



" Upper hinder grinder broad, not much longer than the flesh- 

 tooth, suddenly contracted behind." 



Bear, Condamine, Voy. P^ou. 



Ursus ornatus, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1833, 



p. 114; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 143. 

 Ours des OordiUeres (U. ornatus), De Blainv. Ost^ogr. Ursus, t. 4 



(skeleton), t. 8 (skuU), 1. 12 (teeth) (of F. Cuvier's specimen). 

 Helarctos ornatus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 698. 



Hah. South America, Cordilleras {Cat. Mm. Zool. Soe. ii. p. 184). 



M. de Blainville describes the skull as being so like that of S. 

 malayanus that at first he thought they were the same ; but on more 

 careful comparison he found the bones of the nose rather broader 

 proportionally, the mastoid processes rather unlike and nearer to- 



