192 CANID.E. 



6. SIMENIA. B.M. 



Head elongate ; nose very slender, elongate. SkuU with a very 

 slender elongate nose ; the ijremolars small and very far apart. 



Simenia, Grmj, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 506. 



Simenia simensis. (Abyssinian AVolf.) B.M. 



Cauis simensis, Riippell, Abijss. Fauna, t. 14; Grai/, Cat. Mamm. 



B. M. p. 58 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones Mamm. p. 82. 

 Simenia simensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 506, f. 4. 



Hab. Abyssinia {llilppeU, type in B.M.). 



Skull 162a (fig. 26). Length 7 inches 9 lines. Coronal ridge linear. 



7. CHEYSOCYON. 

 Head very long ; nose slender. Pupils round. Tail short, reach- 

 ing only to the hocks. 



Skull elongate ; nose very long, slender ; coronal crest single, 

 linear ; postorbital process thick, convex above, bent down at the 

 tip. Premolars approximate, large. Sectorial tooth in the same 

 line as the other teeth. Internal palate narrow. 



Chrysocyon, Ham. Smith, Dogs ; Bunneister, Faun. Bras. p. 24 ; 

 Graij, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 506. 



* Upiwr sectorial tooth moderate. Chrysocyon. — Gray, I. c. p. 500. 



1. Chrysocyon jubata. (Guara.) B.M. 



Canis mexicanus. Sunn. Koitv. Diet. vi. p. 505 (not Linn.). 



Canis jubatus, J[)e.i-Wi. Mamm. p. 198 ; Burm. Faun. Bradl. t. 21, t. 26. 



f. 1. 

 Chrysocyon jubata, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 89; Gray, 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 506. 

 Cauis campestiis, Pr. Max. Beitr. ii. p. 334. n. 1 ; Blainv. Osteogr. 



t. 7 (skull). 

 Loup rouge, Cm. R. A. i. p. 154, iv. t. 1. 



Hah. South America (solitary) ; Paraguay {Azara) ; Brazil (Pr. 

 Max.) ; Buenos Ayres. 



** Upper sectorial tooth transverse, very large. Neocyon. — 

 Gray, I. c. p. 506. 



2. Chrysocyon latrans. (Prairie -Wolf. Coyote.) B.M. 



Skull 171 a very like Lupus anthus ; but nose longer and more 



slender. Muzzle short, like that of a Fox ; tail short, like a Wolf's. 



Canis latrans, <SV((/, in Lonefs Exped. i. p. 168 ; And. iy Bachm. N. A. 

 Quad. ii. p. 150, t. 71, 1829; Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 113; Ger- 

 rard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 85 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 

 p. 58; BlaiJtir. Osteogr. t. 7 (skull). 



Vulpes velox, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. n. 1237 a. 



Chrysocyon (jSTeocyon) latrans, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 506. 



