. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 25.—The tigle Be The Jungle Bear (U. labiatus, Blainv. : U. longirostris. Tied : Bradypus ursinus, Shaw), which has the nasal cartilage dilated, and the tip of the under lip elongated, both lips being moveable : when old, very long shaggy hairs surround the head. The muzzle and tips of the paws are fulvous or whitish, and there is a half-collar or Y-like marking on the fore-neck and cheek. [The incisors of this species generally drop at an early age.] It is a favourite with the Indian jugglers on account of its u
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 25.—The tigle Be The Jungle Bear (U. labiatus, Blainv. : U. longirostris. Tied : Bradypus ursinus, Shaw), which has the nasal cartilage dilated, and the tip of the under lip elongated, both lips being moveable : when old, very long shaggy hairs surround the head. The muzzle and tips of the paws are fulvous or whitish, and there is a half-collar or Y-like marking on the fore-neck and cheek. [The incisors of this species generally drop at an early age.] It is a favourite with the Indian jugglers on account of its uncouth appearance. M. Horsfield describes another Bear from Nipâl of a light bay colour, the nails of which are less trenchant than those of the other Bears of India, and which appears to him a distinct species. We have also recovered many fossil bones of lost spe- cies of Bears ; the most remarkable of which are U. spelceus, Blumenb., with a rounded forehead, and of very large size ; and U. cultridens, Cuv., for which see the fourth vol. of my Ossemens Fos- siles: [another extinct species (U. sivalensis, Caut. and Falc), has been detected in the Si^-alik deposits of the sub-Himmalayas.] Lastly, The Polar Bear (Ursiis maritimus, Lin.), is yet another species, very distinctly characterized by its lengthened and flat head, and by its smooth and white fur. It pursues Seals and other marine animals [on the polar ice, but in captivity will thrive, like the rest, on vegetable food only. It is the largest of the genus,] and exaggerated reports of its voracity have rendered it very celebrated. [It constitutes the Thalarctos of Gray.] The Raccoons {Procyon, Storr.)— Have three tuberculous back molars [the first representing the carnivorous tooth], of which the superior are nearly square, and three pointed false molars before them, forming a continuous series to the canines, which are straight and compressed. Their tail is [moderately] long ; but the rest of their exterior is that o
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