8. CANis. 193 



Var. Small. 



Canis frustror, Woodhouse, Proc, Ac. N. S, Philad. iv. p. 147 (1850), 



V. p. 157 (1851). 

 Small Wolves, I>upretz. 

 Burrowing Dog, Leicis 4" Clark. 

 Cased Wolves, Fio-i-ier's List. 

 Lyciscus cagotis, Sam. Smith, Nat. Lib. Dogs. 

 ? Canis ochropus, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, i. t. 11 ; Crray, List. Mamm. 



B. M. p. 59 ; Zool. Sulph. p. 32, t. 10. 



Hah. North America (in packs) : Upper Missouri (Long) ; Cali- 

 fornia (B.M.). 



" Replaces the Jackal of the Old World. Brings forth its young 

 in a burrow. Barks like a Domestic Dog." — ;S'. Baird. 



Skulls 171 a, b, c. Width at zygomata 3 inches 4 Knes ; length 

 of palate 3 inches 5 lines, of the upper jaw at the hinder edge of 

 the sectorial tooth 2 inches, at the base of the canines 1 inch 1 line. 



1237 a. " Vulj^es velo.v, Rich." 



Skull 171c. Length 7 inches; width at zygomata 3 inches 10 

 lines, at preorbital foramen 1 inch 3 lines, at outer hinder end of 

 the sectorial tooth 2 inches 1 line, of the upper jaw at the base of 

 the canines 1 inch 1 line ; length of palate 3 inches 9 lines. 



B. Dogs. Tail ekmy ate, curved or curled; te^nporal rmtscle only separated 

 by a line or coronal ridge. — Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 508. 



8. CANIS. (Dog.) 

 Head moderate or elongate. Ears often dependent or recurved. 

 The small hinder tubercular grinder of the upper and lower jaws 

 well developed. 



Canis, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G8, p. 508. 



1. Canis familiaris. (Dog.) B.M. 



Canis familiaris, Linn. S. N. i. p. 56 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 



p. 57 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 508 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 



p. 82. 

 Canis domesticus, Linn. Mvs. Adolph. Frid. i. p. 6. 

 Canis familiaris Terrffi Novae, Blainv. Osteogr, Canis, t. 8 (skull). • 

 Chien, Buffon, H. N. v. p. 300, t. 15. 

 Chien domestique, Cuv. R. A. i. p. 152. 

 Dog, Penn. 

 Common Dog, Shaw. 



Hah. The World where inhabited by man. 



Skull 166/. Bhotea Dog (black and tan). Nepaul {Hodgson). 

 Length 8 inches 2 lines. Very like the skuU of the Wolf of Europe. 



B.M. 



Skull 166 6. Tibetan Mastiff. Nepaul (Hodgson). Length 9 

 inches. B.M. 



Skull 166. Bull-Dog (fig. 27, p. 194). Utrecht Collection. B.M. 



Var. 1. Canis familiaris nepaletisis, Blainv. Osteogr, t. 7 (teeth). 



