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tte tail ; cHin whitish ; throat and neck dark grey, continued 

 along the anterior part of the belly in a narrow stripe ; abdomen 

 pale reddish ; anterior part of fore, hind legs and feet black ; tail 

 blacker than body, especially at the tip, bushy ; at the tip a few 

 white hairs are discernible. Winter pelage ; fur more dense and 

 glossy, and not varying much in colour ; eyes oblique, irides yel- 

 low ; pupil oblong ; muzzle elongate ; ears erect, acuminate ; 

 claws strong, nails hooked ; body denoting great agility. 



C. cinereo-argentatus. Silver grey or Kit fox. 

 Vulpes Fulvus. Var. Argentatus. Baird ! 



V.S.P. Length of body about 21 inches; of tail 14 inches; 

 height of back 13 inches. Upper lip beyond the whiskers whit- 

 ish, the rest of the dorsal aspect grizzled ; a brown hue predomi- 

 nates on the crown and occiput ; sides of neck, shoulders and 

 flanks of a dull reddish orange ; lower jaw white, tinged with 

 blackish brown towards its tip and along the edges ; chest reddish 

 orange ; belly, throat and inner surface of extremities white ; up- 

 per surface of the feet white ; tail woolly, tapering, yellowish 

 grey superiorly, intermixed with black and white hairs ; under 

 surface brownish orange, tipped with black. 



3rd Subdivision of Carnivora. 

 Genus Felis, 

 Gen. char. Incisors f , canines ||, molars |f to f f :;:= 28 to 

 30. Two false molars superiorly and two infer iorly. Superior, 

 carnivorous trilobed aud carinate internally; inferior bilobed 

 trenchant and non carinate ; a small tubercular tooth above with- 

 out anything to correspond to it below ; head short and round ; 

 ears acuminate ; fore feet 5-dactyle, hind feet 4-dactyle, with long 

 sharp retractile claws, usually sheathed. 



F, concolor. American lion, Couguar or Puma. 



F. discolor of Cuvier ! 



F, concolor et discolor. Temminck ! 

 v.s.p. Length from tip of nose to the tip of the tail 90 

 inches; of tail 30 inches; of ears 2^ inches; space between the 

 orbits 3 J inches; greatest height 24 inches. Pelage brownish 

 yellow, with occasional patches of a deeper shade ; back deeper 

 coloured than the sides ; belly pale red ; thorax, insides of thighs 

 and legs, a pale white ; lower jaw and throat entirely white ; 

 ears white internally, blackish externally ; external lobule reddish 



