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Key to the species of Canis. 



A. — Size large, head and body 3 ft. long or 

 more. 

 a. Larger, head and body about 3 ft. 6 



inches long; much wooll}- underfur. . 1. laniyer, Hodgs. 

 h. Smaller, head and body about 3 ft. 



long; little or no wooll}' underfur ... 2. pallij'es, Sykes. 

 B. — Head and body 2 ft. to 2 ft. 6 inches long. 



a. General pattern variegated, i. e., a pale 



ground colour irregularly splashed 

 with black. 

 a\ Darker, ground colour " ochraceous 



buff," limbs " tawny " ... ... o. indie us indicus, 



Hodgs. 

 h\ Paler, ground colour " buff " or 

 even "cream buff,*' limbs "och- 

 raceous buft' " ' ... ... . . . 4 . indicus kola, Wr . 



b. General pattern grizzled, i. e., ground 



colour black, ticked with white. 

 a\ Larger, head and body 765 mm, 

 hind foot, 161 mm; third upper 

 premolar with a supplementary 

 median-internal rooted lobe ... 5. lanha, Wr. 

 ?*\ Smaller, head and body 670 mm., 

 hindfoot, 140 mm. ; no supple- 

 mentary lobe on third upper pre- 

 molar ... 6. noA'ia, Wr. 



Distribution : — 



1. G. laniger, Hodgson. Ti/pe localitij : — Probably Thibet. 



Other localities :— Thibet (B. M.). 

 Type : — Missing. (Type of C. niger, 

 Scl.,' Ind. Mus. Calc. No. ? ). 



2. C. pallipes, Sykes. Type locality : — " Dukhun." 



Other localities : — Karachi, Sind ; 

 Rajputana (B. M.) ; Cutch ; Kathia- 

 war ; Hazaribagh (M. S. I.) 



T//j)e:— B. M.No. 42. 8. 6. 2. 

 3. C. indicus indicus, Hodg- Ty2)e locality : — Nepal. (Hodgson), 

 son. Other localities : — M u s s o o r i e 



(B. M.) ; Kumaon ; Bengal ; Orissa ; 

 Sikkim ; Bhutan Duars ; Chin Hills ; 

 Chindwin ; Shan States ; Mt. Popa 

 (M. S. I.). 



Type:—B. M. No. 43. 1.12. 29. 



