3. cuoN. 1S3 



Canis tricolor, Griffith, A. K. v. p. 288, t. 



Canis pictiis, Dcsm. 3Iamm. Suppl. p. 388; Blainv. Osteon,: t. 8 



(skull), t. 9 (teeth). -^ 



Var. ? Canis pictus, Cretsch. in Hiippell's Atlas, p. 35, t. 12. 



^ Hab. Africa : Cape of Good Hope (Bun-JieU) (called " Mebbia ") ; 

 East Africa, Cordofan {liupiDell) (called " Simii-"). 



Subfam. II. CANINA. 



Head more or less elongate ; nose tapering. Teeth moderate. 

 Palate elongate. 



Canina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 497. 



A. ^^^OL^-ES. Tail short, straight, bushy, not rcachiivj below the heel. 



* Mead short. Skull elongate. Teeth 38 ; tubercular grinders | . |, 

 rarely | . f or l . i. 



2. ICTICYON. 



Head short, broad. Teeth 38; false grinders 3 . 3 in each jaw; 

 flesh-teeth large, thrce-lobed ; upper with a small internal lobe on 

 the front edge; the lower sharp-edged; tubercular grinders J- . 1 ; 

 upper large, triangular, transverse; lower small, circular; Valse 

 grinders |- . |. 



Icticyou, Lund, 1842; Burmeister, Fauna Bras. ii. n 1- Grau 

 7^. Z. «. 1868, p. 497. ^ ' ^' 



Cyualycus, Gray, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. 1846, xvii. p. 293 

 Melictes, Schins, 1849. 



Icticyon venaticus. B.M. 



Icticyon venaticus, Lund, Fauna Bras. p. 184; Wagner Wiegm. 



Arch. 1843, p. Soo ; Burmeister, Fauna Bras. i.'t. 18-20; 'Gerr'ard 



Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 89; Van der Hoeven, Kais. Ak. d. IViss 



vii. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 498. 

 Cj'nalycus melanogaster, Gray, Ann. <^- Mag. N. H. 1846, xvii. p. 293 ; 



Wiegm. Arch. 1847, p. 15. (B.M.) 

 Cjiiogale venatica, Lund, K. D. V. Selsk. 1842. 

 Melictis Beskii, Schinz, Wiegm. Arch. 1849, p. 10. 

 Canis brachyotiis, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 9 (skull), 1. 12 (teeth). 

 Uah. Brazil. 



Teeth 40 ; tubercular grinders | . f Temporal mmcles sejuirated by 

 a narrow cranial ridge. 



3. CUON. 



8kull short ; nasals elongate. Teeth 40 ; tubercular grinders 2 . 2 

 the lower hinder tubercular grinder deficient.— J^/rt/xc. Ann. Franr. 

 it Etram/. d'Anat. i. t. 8. f. 4. ' 



