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members of this genus can, according to Professor Huxley, be 

 sorted into two series by certain cranial characters. The two 



FIG. 207. Fennec Fox. Canis zerda. x . 



series he termed the " Alopecoid " or Fox-like, and the " Thooid " 

 or Wolf-like. It was suggested that the generic name Vulpes be 



FIG. 208. Prairie Wolf or Coyote. Canis latrans. x 



used for the former, and Canis for the second. The characters 

 which will be dealt with immediately are also to be noted among 

 VOL. x 2 E 



