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$Title{Genus Ursus.--Linn.}
$Subject{Genus Ursus. --Linn.; Ursus; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of North America:  Volume II}
$Volume{Vol. 2:281}
$Genus{Ursus}
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                       A U D U B O N ' S   M A M M A L S

                    By John James Audubon, F. R. S., &c. &c.

                                       AND

                      The Rev. John Bachman, D. D., &c. &c.

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                                   VOL.  II.
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                              GENUS URSUS.--Linn.


                                DENTAL FORMULA.


                             6         1-1        6-6
                    Incisive -; Canine ---; Molar --- = 42.
                             6         1-1        7-7


     Head, large; body, stout, and covered with a coat of thick hair; ears,
large, slightly acuminated.
     Legs, stout; five toes, furnished with strong curved claws, fitted for
digging.
     Tail, short; mammae, six, two pectoral and four ventral; no glandular pouch
under the tail.
     Omnivorous, nocturnal, but frequently seen wandering about during the day.
     The generic name is derived from the Latin ursus, a Bear.
     Eight species of this genus have been described, three existing in Europe,
one of which, the Polar Bear, is common also to America, one in the mountainous
districts of India, one in Java, one in Thibet, and three in North America.