Bear (See URSIDE)

The following species are of interest; viz., Melursus labiatus, variously known as Sloth Bear, Jungle Bear, Large-lipped Bear, Honey Bear, etc.. of India, was once placed with the Sloths, from the general appearance of its claws and the absence of incisor teeth. Its muzzle and lips are long and mobile, the hair black and shaggy, and it dwells in caves. It is ferocious in the wild state, but easily tamed in captivity. It is herbivorous, but is given to robbing the ground nests of ants and bees. Helarctos me lay an us, the Sun Bear of Malaysia, is also fond of honey and has very long claws and extensible tongue. It commits depredations on plantations, cation, even the Bison is an easy prey, but the Puma or American Panther can vanquish this untamable fiend. Thala arctos maritimus is the White or Polar Bear, characterized by large size, long neck and feet, thick whitish fur and black claws. It lives on seals, fish and gra . Only the pregnant female hibernates; it has two cubs which it watches with extraordinary affecT hey are not especially ferocious, and the young may be easily tion. Polar Bears are restricted to the northern marine ice floes. tamed.