Ursus Collection

Black bear attacked by bees as it attempts to take honey from a dead tree stump.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Sibly's Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Ratel or honey badger, Mellivora capensis, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W. Symns after an illustration by Horace S

Himalayan black bear, Ursus thibetanus laniger
The Thibet bear or Himalayan black bear, Ursus thibetanus laniger, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by W. Symns after an illustration by Horace S

Polar bear, Ursus maritimus. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Brown bear and cubs, Ursus arctos. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Asian black bear and American black bear
Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus, vulnerable 1, and American black bear, Ursus americanus 2. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men

East Siberian brown bear and brown bear
East Siberian brown bear, Ursus arctos collaris 1, and brown bear, Ursus arctos 2. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836

European badger, Meles meles, and European pine marten, Martes martes. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Meunier from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Brown bear, Ursus arctos. Handcolored engraving by Manceau after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History)

American black bear, Ursus americanus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Sloth bear, Melursus ursinus (Ursus labiatus). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Sun bear, Helarctos malayanus (Ursus malayanus). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Polar bear and sea urchins
Polar bear, Ursus maritimus 1, vulnerable, edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus 2 and red pencil urchin, Heterocentrotus mammillatus 3. Ours blanc, Oursins

Common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, and brown
Common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus 1, and brown bear, Ursus arctos, with bees 2. Ouistiti, Ours brun. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Sun bear, Helarctos malayanus. Vulnerable. (Malay bear from Borneo, Ursus malayanus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Landseer from a specimen in the Tower of London from Edward

Polar bear, Ursus maritimus. Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824

Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos. Endangered. North American bear, Ursus ferox or Ursus candescens. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

American black bear and brown bear
American black bear, Ursus americanus 1, and brown bear, Ursus arctos 2. Copied from illustrations by Louis Chloris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Badger (Bewick)
Ursus meles Few creatures defend themselves better, or bite with greater keenness...it is notwithstanding very harmless and inoffensive

Grizzly bear
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ssp), a large subspecies of brown bear inhabiting North America. Scientists generally do not use the name grizzly bear but call it the North American brown bear

Polar bear
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.Date: 1903

Ursiform sloth, Ursus labiatus, and three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, standing on ice floe.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Skeleton, skull and tooth of the cave bear, Ursus spelaeus.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Wolverene or glutton, Gulo gulo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

European brown bear, Ursus arctos, and polar bear, Ursus maritimus (vulnerable).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

Sloth bear, Ursus ursinus (vulnerable) and hog badger, Arctonyx collaris (near threatened).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Yellow bear of Norway, Ursus arctos.. Copied from a specimen in Dresden Museum that appears to be a distinct variety of the brown bear

Cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, extinct species of bear from the Pleistocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Bear believed responsible for 1937yeti footprints on Everest
A page from the Illustrated London News in 1937, entitled The abominable snowman unmasked, reporting on confirmation that suspected yeti footprints discovered in the Himalayas were in fact those of

Ursus maritimus, Polar bear
Part of the collection amassed by Walter Rothschild in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. On display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Ursus spelaeus, cave bear
Skull specimen of a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) from the Natural History Museums Palaeotology department

Polar bear- Grizzly bear hybrid, specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, Tring

Malayan Bear
(ursus thibetanus ?) This is the Malayan bear : generally similar to the Asiatic Black Bear

Bears / Cuthbert Swan
A couple of brown bears (ursus arctos)

Polar Bear (Bewick)
Ursus albus : Bewick reports that they can be up to 13 feet (4m) long. It seems to like cold climates - these inhospitable regions seem adapted to its sullen nature

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