. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. 40 OEDERS OF MAMMALS—FLESH-EATERS very confusing fact about the Black Bear is the frequency with which it runs into brown or cinnamon colors. Sometimes black and brown cubs have been found in the same litter. Very curiously, however, this color is found only in the Rocky Mountains, and farther west. In its round on the hind quarters, low at the shoulders, and also by the fact that in walking it usually carries its head low. It is a smaller animal, and its claws are short
. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. 40 OEDERS OF MAMMALS—FLESH-EATERS very confusing fact about the Black Bear is the frequency with which it runs into brown or cinnamon colors. Sometimes black and brown cubs have been found in the same litter. Very curiously, however, this color is found only in the Rocky Mountains, and farther west. In its round on the hind quarters, low at the shoulders, and also by the fact that in walking it usually carries its head low. It is a smaller animal, and its claws are short and well adapted to tree-climb- ing. It conceals itself from its enemies much more successfully than the grizzly, and therefore brown phase, this animal is called the Cinnamon still survives in such places as the forests of the. GLACIER BEAR. Drawn from a specimen in the United States National Museum. Bear, and in the Rocky Mountain regions and Alaska, brown specimens are almost as numerous as black. Sometimes it is difficult to believe that both kinds belong to the same species, but this seems to be a fact. Some grizzlies are very dark brown, but thev are never inky black, like the true Black Bear. The latter differs in form from the grizzly in being highest in the middle of the back, very Adirondacks, the Catskills, in West Virginia, and the swamps of the southern states. When properly treated, small Black Bears are good-tempered and playful in captivity; and some are easily tamed, and taught to perform tricks. Cubs are very interesting when small, but by the time they are a year old, they become so strong and troublesome, as well as dangerous, that private owners nearly always are heartily. 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York : C. Scribner
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