282 
POLAR BEAR. 
Ubsus Makitimus. 
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Parry’s 1st voyage, Supp., p. 183. 
Franklin’s 1st voyage, p. 648. 
Parry’s 2nd voyage, Appendix, p. 288. 
Richardson, Fauna, p. 30. 
Scoresby’s Account of the Arctic Regions. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Head and muzzle narrow, prolonged on a straight line with the fore- 
head, which is flattened ; snout, naked ; ears, short ; neck, long ; body, 
long in proportion to its height ; soles of the hind feet equal to one-sixth 
of the length of the body ; hair, rigid, compact and long on the body and 
limbs, is from two to three inches in length, with a small quantity of fine 
and woolly hair next the skin. The whole animal wears the appearance 
of great strength without much agility. 
COLOUR. 
The naked extremity of the snout, the tongue, margins of the eyelids, 
and the claws, are black ; lips, purplish black ; eyes, dark-brown ; interior 
of the mouth pale violet. The hairs on every part of the body are of a 
yellowish-white colour. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Specimen in the Charleston Museum : — 
• 
Feet 
inches. 
Head and body, - - - 
6 
9 
Tail, (vertebrae), . . - - 
- 
10 
“ to end of hair, . - - - 
1 
1 
Height of ear, - - - - - 
- 
3| 
Height from shoulder, - - - - 
3 
3 
Girth around the body, - - - - 
6 
3 
“ around the hind leg. 
1 
7 
Length of canine teeth, 
If 
“ of incisors, - . . - 
0| 
We append the following measurements taken 
from specimens in the 
flesh, by Capt. J. C. Ross, R.N., F.R.S., &cc. 
MALE. 
FEMALE. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Length from snout to end of tail. 
94 
78 
Snout to shoulder, . - - - - 
33.5 
26.3 
Snout to occiput, . - - - - 
18.4 
15.6 
Circumference before the eyes, 
20.4 
15.8 
