Notice of the Ursus Isabellinus. 



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upwards of three feet high at the shoulder in Cashmere, 

 where they are numerous, and all of the same colour as 

 the present animal. It is a female. 



Measurements. Feet. Inch. 



From the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, 



4 



0 



Tail, including terminal hairs, . . 



0 



4 



Head, from the tip of the nose to occiput, 



1 



0 



Ditto from ditto, to internal angle of eye, 



0 





Height at shoulder, 



2 



7 



Ditto at haunches, 



2 



6 



Length of ears, ... ... 4 . ." 



0 



4 



Ditto ditto, with terminal hairs , 



0 



5 



Circumference of the extremity of the muzzle, 



0 



7± 



Ditto of the head at the occiput, 



1 





Ditto of the trunk midway between the exterior 







and posterior extremities, 



2 



4 



The colour is dirty yellowish white, assuming a darker 

 shade with a slight tinge of red on the head, neck, limbs, and 

 along the middle line of the back. A white mark is seen on 

 the chest, of the form of a Y, the forked extremities of which 

 pass up in front of the shoulders as high as to a point oppo- 

 site the base of the ears. The hair on the upper and under- 

 lips is also whiter than that on the rest of the body. The 

 fur is of moderate length, being shorter than that of Ursus 

 labiatus ; but much longer than that of Ursus Malyanus. 

 It is of a soft woolly texture, and more or less matted. The 

 hind feet, and the anterior extremities from the thighs 

 downwards, are covered with hair of a more bristly charac- 

 ter. The base of the head is not surrounded with a mass 

 of long hair as in Ursus labiatus. The claws, or the fore- 

 feet are elongated, considerably curved, compressed, convex 

 above, grooved beneath. The longest claw is three and a half 

 inches in length, about three quarter inch in depth at the 

 root, and about three lines in thickness. The claws on 



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