Unfortunately, this depiction of a sloth bear looks very little like the real thing:
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December 3, 2010 by retrieverman
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In defense of the artist, whomever he was, we must realize that in the 19th century and earlier, illustrators did not have the advantage of photographic references, and probably had never seen an actual example of this foreign animal but were relying on whatever sketchy word description someone could provide.
As with the horses depicted in a “rockinghorse” position — this was the usual style to show the gallop, as the human eye is not quick enough to distil the leg positions throughout the phases of the faster gaits. This convention was not truly disproven until E. Muybridge published his remarkable photographic studies. (you should do something on Mr Muybridge sometime, Scottie. It’s amazing what he did long before motion picture cameras, SLR, videos, etc).
The bear in the picture looks a little more like the bear cub in the photo. The adult bear in the photo, looks very much like a shaggy black bear with very long claws.