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to visitors of Zoological Gardens, and the beautiful 
Panda (Aelurus fulgens) with its rich coat from the 
forests of the south-eastern Himalayas, where it is 
found at heights of from 7,000 to above 12,000 feet, 
and others. 
The following corner case contains a continuation of 
the Carnivora, and we see in it, besides a number of 
smaller forms, a selection of Bears, viz. the Polar Bear, 
Ursus maritimus, in its constantly white coat, so well 
adapted to the icebergs and snow-covered fjords of its 
Arctic home, the Common Brown Bear, U. arctos, a 
head of the enormous Siberian form of the latter, the 
Black Bear of the Himalayas, U. thibetanus or torquatus, 
and the rarest of all Bears, the Particoloured Bear, 
Aeluropus melanoleucus, which differs in many points 
from the true Bears. It was discovered by that 
great naturalist Pere David in the mountains of 
Moupin in Western China, and no specimens were to 
be found in any museum in Europe, except the types in 
the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, until recently Russian 
explorers collected specimens in Gansu in Western 
China, two of which were bought by Mr. Rothschild, 
one for the British Museum and the one exhibited 
here. 
The next case, close to the large corner case, again 
contains a number of Carnivora^ We find in it the 
Dog-tribe, Le. the Wolves, Foxes, Hyaenas, etc. Of 
the latter two species are exhibited, the Spotted 
Hyaena, H. crocuta, a larger and bolder animal. 
