202 canid.t:. 



D. The Foxes. The tail elongated, reaching to the yroimcl, covered tcith 

 ahundance of soft hair forming a brush, with a gland above the base. 

 Eyes often nocturnal, with oblong erect ^mpils. — Gray, I. c. p. 51o. 



12. VULPES. 



Muzzle long. Temporal crests of the skull linear or nearly 

 linear. Ears moderate, erect, acute. Tail with soft fur and long 

 hairs uniformly mixed. Bullae of the ear-bones moderate, oblong, 

 strongly keeled, angular. 



Vulpes, Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 121 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 515. 



* Large. Mirojieau. 

 1. Vulpes vulgaris. (Fox.) B.M. 



Canis vulpes, Linn. S. JV. i. p. 59; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 4 (skull); 



Grag, Cat. 3Iamm. B, M. p. 59. 

 Vulpes vulgaris, Brisson, B. A. p. 239 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of 



Mamm. p. 86; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 515. 



Var. 1. Tail-end black. 



Canis alopex, Litm. S. iV. i. p. 59. B.M. 



Renard cliarbonnier, Buffon, H. N. vii. p. 82. 

 Brant Fox, Penn. 



Var. 2. crucigera. Fulvous, with a black dorsal cross. 



Vulpes crucigera, Brisson, R. A. p. 240 ; Gesner, Quad. f. at p. 90 ; 



Aldrov. Quad. Digit, p. 221, f. at p. 222. 

 Cross Fox, Penn. 



Hah. Europe. 



Var. 3. melanogaster. B.M. 



Vulpes melanogaster, Pr. Bonap., Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of 3Iumm. 

 p. 86. 



Hah. Italy. 



** Large. African. 



2. Vulpes nilotica. (Sobora or Tahaleb.) B.M. 



Skull — crown-lino narrow behind, elongate triangular in front 

 half. 



Canis niloticus, Geoff. Cat. Mus. Paris; Destn. Mamm. p. 204 -fLcchl. 

 Douhl. p. 4 ; Biippell, Zool. Atlas, p. 41, t. 15 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 

 B. M. p. 60. 

 Canis asgyptiacus, Sonnini, Nouv. Diet. cVH. N. vi. p. 524 ; Biippell, 



Zool. Atlas, 1. 15 ; Ehrenb. Symb. Phgs. 1. 19. 

 Vulpes niloticus, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 85 ; Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1868, p. 515. 

 Hah. North Africa ; Egypt. Called " Tahaleb " by the Egyptians, 

 " Sobora " by the Arabs. 



Skulls 172 a, h, c, d. Length 5, width 2^ inches. 



