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EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR. 

 Two cubs are nursing. 



The Japanese Black Bear, (Ursus japonicus), from north- 

 ern Japan, is one of the smallest of living bears, being only 

 slightly larger than the Malay sun bear. In general ap- 

 pearance it suggests a small edition of the American black 

 bear. The first specimen exhibited at the Zoological Park 

 was very good-natured, but all those received since are 

 nervous and irritable, and also very timid. 



The Sloth Bear, (Ursus labiatus), often called the Long- 

 Lipped Bear, can be recognized as far as it can be seen by its 

 shaggy mop of enormously long, black hair, its white muz- 

 zle, and its very long, white claws. It is a creature of many 

 peculiarities. It inhabits India generally in forest regions. 

 This is Kipling's "Baloo." 



LIST OF BEARS IN THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 

 April 1 ? 1913. 



2 Polar Bears Ursus 



2 Yakutat Bears Ursus dalli 



1 Peninsula Bear Ursus gyas 



1 Admiralty Bear Ursus euJophus 



3 Kadiak Bears Ursus middendorffi. 



1 Kobuk Brown Bear. . . Undetermined 



1 Grizzly Bear Ursus horribilis 



1 " 



1 Spectacled Bear Ursus ornatus 



1 Andean Black Bear. . . Ursus ornatus thomasi. 



Ellesmere Land. 



Alaska. 



Alaska Peninsula. 



Adm. Is., Alaska. 



Kadiak Island. 



Kobuk River, Al. 



Colorado. 



Yukon Terr. 



Wyoming. 



Equador. 



Columbia, S. A. 



