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owing to its pointed muzzle, tufted ears, long shaggy- 
black coat, and a very thick tapering long prehensile 
tail. It is sometimes known as the Black Bear-Cat, Arc- 
tictis binturong being its scientific name. It is nocturnal 
and arboreal in its habits, living upon birds, eggs and 
fruits. It is essentially a Malayan animal, but it extends 
north-westwards through Arakan to Assam, along the 
mountains, and has been found as far westwards as the 
hills of Bhutan. 
The Cat-Bear also belongs to a peculiar group repre¬ 
sented only by itself, and by an animal as large as a bear, 
but black and white. The latter occurs in the mountains 
of Eastern Tibet, having been discovered there by the 
distinguished traveller and zoologist, Abbe David. It has 
been described by Alphonse Milne-Edwards as AEluropus 
melanoleucus. The Cat-Bear or Panda is known as AElurus 
fulgens . No little animal is more beautiful than a young 
Panda, with its dense reddish-chestnut upper coat and 
jet-black under surface, white muzzle, pointed white-lined 
ears, and long barred bushy tail. In its habits it is very 
bear-like, as even a little Panda, when at all frightened, rises 
on its hind legs and strikes forward with its paws as if to 
hug like a bear, but there is also the cat element, as 
its claws are retractile, and it can scratch and spit like 
a kitten. What its natural food is, has not yet been very 
well ascertained, and hence considerable difficulty has been 
experienced in rearing the young, but it is undoubtedly 
fond of bamboo-leaves and of eggs. The first Panda 
brought to these Gardens, having been received partially 
tamed, was allowed out daily among a clump of bamboos, 
and having regular exercise and freedom, it was success¬ 
fully kept for about two years, but at length it succumbed 
