88 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



Species. 



7. Cams argentatus, Geoff. Desni. 



Retiard argente ou noir, Geoff, collect, du Mus. 

 Renard argente, F. Cuvier. Mamm. lithogr. 5 livr. 



Char, Essent. General colour soot-black, spot- 

 ted, or rather brushed with white ; extremity of 

 the tail, Avhite. 



Dimensions. Total length, one foot five inches ; 

 length of the head, six inches ; of the tail, eleven 

 inches; height before, one foot one inch; behind, 

 one foot two inches. 



Description. Form of the common fox ; colour 

 black, sometimes slightly tinged with white in 

 some parts; extremity of the tail for the most 

 part perfectly white ; hair silk}', thick and fine ; 

 feet and snout covered with short hair ; eyes yel- 

 lowish ; sometimes a white spot beneath the neck. 



Habit. In captivity some individuals play like 

 dogs, growling like these animals; they hide their 

 superabundant food and dislike the heat. 



Inhabit the north of Asia and America. M. F. 

 Cuvier doubts the identity of the European and 

 American species. 



Species. 



8. Canis decussatus, Geoff, collect, du Mus. 



Char. Essent. Colour varied with black and 

 white above, with a black cross upon the should- 



