466 CANIS. 



grayish buff y mixed with black ; under parts whitish tinged with buff 

 on belly ; ruff tipped with black ; fore and hind legs buffy ochraceous 

 on outer side, whitish on inner side, and also on the hind feet; tail 

 broadly tipped with black, white beneath on basal third, ochraceous 

 on remainder, the hairs tipped with black towards the black tip. 



Measurements. Total length, 1116; tail vertebrae, 320; hind foot, 

 200. Skull: basal length, 170; Hensel, 166; zygomatic breadth, 102; 

 palatal length, 88; mastoid breadth, 62; length of crown of upper 

 sectorial, 21.5. 



466. cagottis (Cam's), H. Smith, in Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm., 



1839, p. 164. 

 SMITH'S COYOTE. 



Type locality. Rio Frio, between City of Mexico and Puebla, 

 Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. States of Mexico and Oaxaca, Mexico, and probably 

 in others; range not determined. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. peninsula, but larger and more red. 



Color. Upper parts mixed fulvous, buff, and black; nose ferru- 

 gineous; crown, nape, and ears fulvous; outer side of legs and feet 

 fulvous; inner side of hind legs white; tail with black-tipped hairs, 

 under side basally white, remainder fulvous. 



Measurements. Total length, 1132; tail vertebrae, 304 ; hind foot, 

 195. Skull: basal length, 164; Hensel, 160; zygomatic width, 98; 

 palatal length, 84; mastoid breadth, 59; length of upper sectorial, 

 crown, 21. 



467. peninsula? (Canis}, Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, 



p. 28. 

 LOWER CALIFORNIA COYOTE. 



Type locality. Santa Anita, Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, 

 Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. ochropus of California in size, but 

 darker. 



Color. Upper parts mixed ochraceous and black; top of head 

 mixed grayish fulvous and black; nose rufous; collar mixed buff and 

 black; legs and feet fulvous; under parts pale fulvous and black; tail 

 beneath white basally, then fulvous, and hairs black-tipped. 



Measurements. Total length, about uoo; tail vertebrae, 300; hind 

 foot, 180. Skull: basal length, 169; Hensel, 167; zygomatic width, 

 99; palatal length, 90; mastoid breadth, 57; crown of upper sec- 

 torial, 20.5. 



