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Known as the Kamschatkan fish-bear, this species appears to belong 
to the cave-bear group rather than to the brown bears. A specimen 
assigned to this species that used to be in the gardens of the Zoological 
Society of London, and which I had the opportunity of examining at 
its death in 1918 reminded me very much of my specimen of Spelceus 
cavifrons in its general appearance. Its hair was softer, however, and 
of a dark brown color; the ears were full of long hair and were very 
hairy outside, much as in U. isahellinus and U. pruinosus of the Hima- 
layas; while the forehead was not markedly high. The specimen was 
not very large, however, and had been kept in captivity a long time, 
so that the cranial characters are hardly to be considered. In any case 
the animal looked very different from typical members of the genus 
Ursus. 
In 1867 Gray described a species of bear, Ursus lasiotus {Ann. Nat. 
Hist. ser. 3. vol. 20, p. SOI) which was brought from China alive, and 
said to be from the interior of North China. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1867, 
p. 818), however stated that the animal probably belonged to U. pisca- 
tor Pucheran, and from what we know of conditions then, the uncer- 
tainty attaching to the given locality of specimens from these parts, 
and the present distribution of this type of bear, it seems probable 
that Sclater was right. In any case U. lasiotus is unidentifiable at 
present. 
18. Spelseus leuconyx (Severtzow) 
Ursus leuconyx, Severtzow, Nachr. Ges. Moscou, vol. VIII, p. 79, pi. II, 1873 
Type locality: — Altai Region. 
This species appears to belong to the grizzlies, since it is described 
as having light claws, which is said to be characteristic of the latter 
group of bears. To it I refer some bears shot by the Fenwick Owen 
party in 1911 on the Kansu-Tibetan border. In spite of their some- 
what light color these belong to the same group as the Manchurian 
cavifrons, if the photographs reproduced in Mr. Frank Wallace’s 
book (^^Big Game of Central and West China,”) and others I have seen 
of them are to be relied upon. The adult specimens show the same 
high forehead, deep muzzle and jaws, and what is more significant a 
distinct light band across the shoulders; which it will be remembered 
occurs in an incipient form in cavifrons. 
This also is a large species, and the specimens referred to above 
were said to be something like U. pruinosus. It is this fact, amongst 
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