128 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 
1 Black Bear........... Ursus americanus...... from Pennsylvania. 
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=e 8 i : “Alaska. 
| i ia iz eS “West Ontario. 
eta a 2 © “Mexico. 
1 Cinnamon Bear....... 7 ' “Colorado. 
1 “ “ 46 “ “ Wyoming. 
1 Syrian Bear.......... Ursus syriacus......... “Asiatic Turkey. 
3 Brown Bears.......... Ursus arctos........... “Central Russia. 
2 Hairy-Eared Bears....Ursus piscator......... “ N. W. Mongolia, 
1 Himalayan Black Bear. Ursus torquatus........ “Japan. 
1 Japanese Bear........ Ursus japonicus........ “Japan. 
1 Sloth Bear............ Ursus labiatus......... “India. 
2 Yezo Bears..... .....- Ursus ferow...........- “Yezo, Japan. 
1 Malay Sun Bear ..... Ursus malayanus....... “Borneo. 
36 specimens, representing 18 species. 
The Malay Sun Bear, (Ursus malayanus), is the smallest 
bear in the world, also the ugliest and the most ill-tempered. 
When fully enraged, it sometimes barks like a dog. Its hair 
is very short and close, and its head and feet seem to be too 
large for its body. This species inhabits Borneo, Sumatra. 
the Malay Peninsula and Farther India. Two specimens will 
be found in the Small-Alammal House. 
THE RACCOON TREE. 
The Raccoon Tree.—A permanent installation for Rac- 
coons has been established near the southern end of the 
Bear Dens, where its inmates will be near their plantigrade 
relatives. At the foot of the steps leading down from the 
Rocking Stone, a cedar-tree, forty feet in height, has been 
enclosed by an elliptical iron fence provided with a sheet- 
metal overhang which is not negotiable by any Procyon. 
Inside the fence is a dry yard, a pool of water for all 
purposes, and the trunk of the tree is surrounded by a 
rustic shelter house, divided into ten warm and dry com- 
partments. Underneath the house is a clean and smooth 
wooden floor, on which the food is served. 
The smooth, horizontal limbs of a cedar-tree are grateful 
and comforting to a dozing Raccoon, and the tree is not so 
high that the animals can climb beyond the visual power of 
the visitor. 
THE BEAVER POND, No. 29. 
Hidden away in the deep valley between high hills of 
virgin forest lies the Beaver Pond. The spot is so secluded, 
