234 TRUE BEAR STORIKES.

Java. Or is he the Sloth Bear, Prochilous
(or Melursus) labiatus? This bear has been
carefully classified as a separate genus
found from the Ganges to Ceylon. His de-
scription fits rather loosely the so-called
sloth of Louisiana. Possibly the Louisiana
specimen is of the Genus Tremarctos, of
which the learned people tell us there is
but a solitary species carefully isolated in
the Andes of Chile and Peru. I shall call
the Louisiana specimen by the name given
him by our poet, the Spectacled Bear,
Tremarcios Ornatus, and the professors
who have entirely overlooked his existence
may classify him later when they find time.
At one time the Honey Bear was classified
as a “Bradipus,” or sloth, because of its
liability to lose its incisors. It was there-
fore set down as one of the Zdentaia. It has
alsobeen styled the Jungle Bear, the Lipped
Bear, and names as various as the investi-
gators’ fancy. The Zremarctos Ornatus of
Louisiana, or spectacled bear, is not a sloth.
He does not belong to the Zdentata, neither