. Animals in menageries. s the occiput. The well-marked depressionand ridges of the cranium, giving lodgment and originto the strong muscles of the lower jaw, show that thisspecies is more decidedly a beast of prey than thebrown one; in which respect they differ from the bearsof corresponding colours which inhabit the New The Black AaiERicAN Bear. Ursus Americanus, Pallas. Ursus Americanus, AmericanBlack Bear, Richardson. Ours dAmerique, Cuvier. BlackBear, Ptnnant. Tass, Chepewi/nn Indians, Musquaw, CrceIndians, North. Zool. i. 14. (Fig. 6.) Although the merit of being the first to dis
. Animals in menageries. s the occiput. The well-marked depressionand ridges of the cranium, giving lodgment and originto the strong muscles of the lower jaw, show that thisspecies is more decidedly a beast of prey than thebrown one; in which respect they differ from the bearsof corresponding colours which inhabit the New The Black AaiERicAN Bear. Ursus Americanus, Pallas. Ursus Americanus, AmericanBlack Bear, Richardson. Ours dAmerique, Cuvier. BlackBear, Ptnnant. Tass, Chepewi/nn Indians, Musquaw, CrceIndians, North. Zool. i. 14. (Fig. 6.) Although the merit of being the first to distinguishthis animal belongs to Pallas, yet Dr. Richardson is theonly naturalist who has studied it in its native wilds;and whose account, which we shall now condense, willconsequently supersede all others. It is smaller thanthe other American bears ; it is also of a milder dispo-sition, and lives more on vegetable substances than theblack bear of Europe. Its favourite food, in fact, is * Griff. Cuv. + North. Zool. i. ,58 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. berries of various kinds; in default of which, it eatsroots, insects, fish, eggs, andsuch birds and quadrupedsas it can surprise. So partialis it, indeed, to vegetables,that, when it can procuretil era in abundance, it willpass the carcass of a deerwithout touching it. It israther a timid animal, andwill seldom face a man, unlesscompelled by necessity, or when urged by affection to de-fend its young. In such cases it is a dangerous have known, continues Dr. Richardson, the femaleboldly to confront her enemy until she has seen hercubs attain the upper branches of a tree, when she madeoff, evidently considering them to be in safety, but, infact, leaving them an easy prey to the hunter. Its speedwhen in pursuit is not great; and 1 have been told thata man may escape, particularly if he runs into a willowgrove, or among long grass; for the caution of the bearurges it to stop frequently, and rise on its hind legs, forthe purpo
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