Sloth Bear ‘Melursus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘This is I believe the animal that has been imposed upon naturalists as the Ursiforme’ [?] ‘sloth as it is called.’ ‘The fall of hair as described by Berwick’ [?] ‘and Kerr is purely artificial and the want of foreteeth is owing...
Sloth Bear ‘Melursus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: ‘From the wild Animal. The other is from the tame with its teeth destroyed.’ [plus a word in Kanarese script] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The inscription refers to the illustration of a sloth bear in ...