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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 ti “Ellesmere Land. 
2 Yakutat Bears........ Ursus dalli...........- “Alaska. ~ 
1 Peninsula Bear....... Ursus Gyas..cccscceeee “Alaska Peninsula. 
1 Admiralty Bear....... Ursus eulophus........ “« Adm. Is., Alaska, 
3 Kadiak Bears. ccai ees Ursus middendorffi.... “ Kadiak Island. 
1 Kobuk Brown Bear... Undetermined......... “  Kobuk River, Al. 
1 Grizzly Bear.......... Ursus horribilis........ “Colorado. 
qT : “ Yukon Terr. 
1 “ “ oc “ oe Wyoming. 
1 Spectacled Bear....... Ursus ornatus......... “Equador. 
1 Andean Black Bear... Ursus ornatus thomasi. “ Columbia, S. A. 
