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URSUS AMERIC ANUS.— Pallas. 
American Black Bear. 
PLATE CXLI. — Male and Female. 
U. Naso fere in eadem linea cum front, e, convexiore quam in U. feroce ; 
plantis palmisque brevissimis, colore nigro vel fuscescente-nigro, lateribus 
rostri fulvis. 
CHARACTERS. 
Nose, nearly in a line with the forehead, more arched than in Ursus ferox ; 
palms and soles of the feet, very short ; colour, black, or brownish-black ; there 
is a yellowish patch on each side of the nose. 
SYNONYMES. 
Black Bear. Pennant, Arctic Zoology, p. 57, and Introduction, p. 120. 
“ “ Pennant’s History of Quadrupeds, vol. ii. p. 11. 
“ “ Warden’s United States, vol. i. p. 195. 
Ursus Americanus. Pallas, Spicil. Zool., vol. xiv. pp. 6-24. 
“ “ Harlan, Fauna, p. 51. 
“ “ Godman’s Natural History, vol. i. p. 194. 
“ “ Rich., Fauna Boreali Americana, p. 14. 
“ “ DeKay, Nat. Hist. State of New York, p. 24, pi. 6, fig. 1. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The Black Bear is commonly smaller than the Grizzly Bear. Body and 
legs, thick and clumsy in appearance ; head, short, and broad where it 
joins the neck ; nose, slightly arched, and somewhat pointed ; eyes, small, 
and close to each other ; ears, high, oval, and rounded at the tips ; palms 
and soles of the feet, short when compared with those of the Grizzly Bear ; 
the hairs of the feet project slightly beyond the claws ; tail, very short ; 
claws, short, blunt, and somewhat incurved ; fur, long, straight, shining, 
and rather soft. 
COLOUR. 
Cheeks, yellow, which colour extends from the tip of the nose on both 
sides of the mouth to near the eye ; in some individuals there is a small 
