4. LUPUS. 187 



Var. Black. Black Wolf. 



Canis lycaon, Erxhien, Syd. p. 560 ; Schreher, Siiin/eth. p. 353, t. 89. 

 Canis lupus niger, Herm. Obs. Zool. p. 32. 



Loup noir, Biiffun, II. N. ix. p. 302, t. 41 ; F. Cuv. Mainm. Lith. i. 

 Blad£ Wolf, Shcno. 



Huh. Europe, Pyrenees. 



2. Lupus chanco. (The Chanco or Golden Wolf.) B.M. 



Fur fulvous, on the back longer, rigid, with intermixed black and 

 grey hairs ; the throat, chest, belly, and inside of the legs piu'c 

 white. Head pale grey-brown ; forehead grizzled with short black 

 and grey hairs. Length of the body and head 42, tail 15 inches. 

 Skull 8j inches long. 



Canis cliauco, Grmj, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 94 ; Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. ser. 3. 



xii. p. 47o ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. oOl. 

 ? Lupus laniger, Hodgson, Blyth, Jouni. Asiat. Soc. Peng. 1847. 



Hah. Chinese Tartaiy {Lieut. W. P. Hodnell, B.M.). 



The skull 1422 a is that of a normal European Wolf and about 

 the same size (but the nose is longer, rather more slender) ; and the 

 teeth, as well as the shape of the skull, are very similar to those of 

 that animal. Two small grinders below behind the canines. 



3. Lupus occidentalis. (American Wolf.) B.M. 



Skull — forehead convex, rounded ; internal nostrils broad in front 

 and narrow behind. 



Canis lupus griseus et albus, Sabine, Joum. p. 6-54 ; Aud. ^- Bachm. 



N. A. Quad. iii. p. 270, 1854. 

 Canis lupus occidentalis, var. griseus et albus, Richard. F. Bor.-Am, 



i. p. 60, 1829. 

 Cams occidentalis, Dekay, Z. N. Y. i. p. 42, t. 27. i. 2; S. Baird, 



Mamm. N. A. p. 105 j Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 84. 



(SkuU165e.) 

 Canis variabilis, Pr. Max. Reise N. A. ii. p. 95, 1841. 

 ? Lupus gigas, Toimisend, Joum. Acad. N. S. Phil. ii. p. 75, 1850. 

 Lupus occidentalis, Gi-ag, P. Z. S. 1808, p. 501. 

 Canis lupus canadensis, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (skidl). 



Hah. North America (B.M.). 



Var. 1. nuhilus. " Colour light sooty or plumbeous brown." 



Canis nubilus. Sag, Long's Exped. i. p. 168, 1822. 



Canis occideutalis, var. nubilus, Spencer Baird, 3Iamm. N. A. p. 111. 



Var. 2. mexicanu.'y. " Fur varied with grey and black ; neck 

 maned more than usual ; a black or dusky band encircling the 

 muzzle ; a dusky slope down the fore leg." — Baird. 



Canis mexicanus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 00. 



Canis occidentalis, var. mexicanus, S. Baird, Mamm. N. .1. p. 113. 



Xoloit cuintli, Hcrnaiid. 3Icj: p. 479, fig. 



Lupus me.vicauus, Bri.'fson, R. A. p. 237. 



