BEAR. 
genious, are not, as we apprehend, by any 
means sufficient ; nor is his history and de- 
scription of the Bear entirely exempt from the 
confusion with which he justly charges many 
other naturalists. 
In the Linnsean system, which was not suf- 
ficiently respected by the great F rench Natu- 
ralist, we find better discrimination ; but still, 
perhaps, no't. quite sufficient. • At present,, 
scientific naturalists seem agreed to admit two 
different species of Land Bears; the Ursus- 
.Ardtos, usually termed' the Common Bear; 
and theUrsus Americanos, or American Bear. 
The defect seems to be, a want of duly distin- 
guishing the respective varieties; and, parti- 
cularly, those which are. natives of America*. 
The. animal' represented in the figure an- 
nexed, is the Common Bear y or Ursus Arc- 
tos, of Linnssus. It is the Ursus, of Gesner,, 
Aldrdvanduv Ray, and Klein; the Ours, 
of Buffon ;.. and the Brown Bear, of Pennant., 
In the Greek language, this animal is called 
Ap^Toj; in the Latin,. Ursus; in the Italian, 
Qrso^. in the Spanish, Gssoj. in the German, 
Baer >■■ 
