. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. CAKNIYORA: BEAKS. 91 head, short tail, wholly plantigrade feet, with naked soles and long nails. The dental formula is, incisors =|, canines j^J, preraolars t?, molars jj=?. The Grizzly Bear, of the plains of the Upper Missouri, and of California, is eight feet in length, the hair coarse, and the color grizzly. The feet are very large, and the fore claws are twice as long as the hind ones, and on the largest individuals are six inches in length. This animal is one of the most powerful and most ferocious of all the Bear tribe. When excited by hunger
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. CAKNIYORA: BEAKS. 91 head, short tail, wholly plantigrade feet, with naked soles and long nails. The dental formula is, incisors =|, canines j^J, preraolars t?, molars jj=?. The Grizzly Bear, of the plains of the Upper Missouri, and of California, is eight feet in length, the hair coarse, and the color grizzly. The feet are very large, and the fore claws are twice as long as the hind ones, and on the largest individuals are six inches in length. This animal is one of the most powerful and most ferocious of all the Bear tribe. When excited by hunger or anger, it attacks man or any animal it can overtake. Even the Bison some- times falls a victim to its ferocity, and is dragged away whole to be eaten at leisure. The Brown Bear of Europe (Fig. 93) is a species closely allied to the Grizzly. FIG. Skull of Brown Bear, Ursus arctos, Linnaeus. The Black Bear, of North America generally, weighs from two hundred to four hundred pounds, is of a uniform black or deep brown color, and the hair is comparatively soft and glossy. Under ordinary circumstances this bear is not very ferocious. The Polar Bear is eight feet long, and attains the weight of one thousand to fifteen hundred pounds. It is snow-white, wholly carnivorous, and feeds upon seals and other Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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