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animal a much darker colour than the darkest of 

 the latrans, but the gray of the hairs combining 

 with the black tips, in the general effect, produce 

 a mottled appearance ; the gray colour predomi- 

 nant on the sides. 



Dimensions. Length from the tip of the nose 

 to the origin of the tail, four feet three inches and 

 three quarters ; length of the trunk of the tail, one 

 foot three inches ; of the ear, from the anterior 

 angle to the tip, three inches and three quarters ; 

 from the anterior angle of the ear to the posterior 

 canthus of the eye, four inches and three quar- 

 ters ; from the anterior canthus of the eye to the 

 tip of the nose, five inches and a half; between 

 the anterior angles of the ears, rather more than 

 three inches. 



Description. Ears short, deep brownish black, 

 with a patch of gray on the anterior side within ; 

 muzzle blackish abo\ e ; anterior border of the su- 

 perior lips gray ; tip of the inferior jaw, gray, a 

 line of the same colour extending backwards near- 

 ly to the origin of the neck ; beneath dusky ferru- 

 ginous, grayish, with long hair between the hind 

 legs ; a large white spot on the breast ; the ferru- 

 ginous colour narrowed on the neck, and dilated 

 on the lower part of the cheeks ; legs brownish- 

 black; tail short, fusiform, slightly tinged with 

 ferruginous, black above near the base and at tip ; 

 the longer hairs on the back, particularly over the 

 shoulders, resemble a short sparse mane. 



