MAMMALIA. FER^. Urfus. • 
10. URSUS. Fore-teeth upper 6, hollowc*^ 
within, alternate ; lower 6 , lateral ^ 
longer, lobed ; fecondary at the baf^ 
interior : tujks folitary : grinders 5--^' 
the firll approaching the tufks : 
fmooth : eyes with a niftitant me 0 ' 
brane : Jkout prominent ; penis wit^’ 
a curved bone. 
Thefe have 5 toes on each foot, all contiguous : folc of the 
long, reftmg on the heel ; they climb, and fome ulh 
lore-feet like hands. 
Ar^os, Blacklfh-brown ; tail fliort, Blad Bei^' 
1. Quite black, and lefs. 
2 . Brown, or ferruginous. 
3. Black, mixed with white hairs, 
4. V'ariegated. 
5. White, 
Inhabits 1) inarnay woods of theworth of Europe,, Afia, 2) t*'*’ 
lame places, and the Alps, Poland, Egypt, Barbary, Jiidi^’. 
Cnina, Perfias 3,4) Iceland: feed 1) on roots, berries, 
other vegetables, 2) befides thefe, on inlefls, honey, 
caffes ; inflate the carcafi'es of their prey, and burj’- wha 
waflt their food, lick their paws when in their den ; 
1 12 days, bring forth one ; become torpid from the m.v....- 
November till the froll breaks j walk llowly unlefs irritate**' 
and then very quickly ; fight with the fore-feet, ftandi**^ 
erea upon the hind; never attack man unlefs provoke^] 
• before battle always make the young get into trees ; defee**" 
trees tail foremoft, of which they are careful; are not lov!'!')',' 
fly at mufic ; Hand eafily on the hind-feet ; fwim ; the nic^' 
tant membrane renders their afpeft horrid. 
Thumb narrower than th? other toes ; teats 4 ; head lefs than 
lion, brain larger; tendons made ufe of as thread bv the L'‘P' 
landers; /yX eatable; gall very bitter, and uled in'epilepfi'^^' 
jat ufed to make the hair grow. ^ ^ 
White; tailfhort; head and neck lengthened. Polar 
Inhabits within the Araic Pole, frequently found on ice illandS' 
impatient of lieat ; feeds on fifii, IbaJs and cetaceous animal*” 
feldom on vegetables; gravid 6— 7 months, brings forth « ' 
lights terribly with the morfe. ° 
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