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Skull elongate ; brain-case ovate. Temporal muscles separated 

 from each other by a very wide urn-shaped crown to the occiput. 

 Upper premolars compressed ; flesh-tooth compressed, with a small 

 internal process in front ; tubercular grinder much wider than long. 

 Bullae of ears very large, thin, swollen and rounded below. Africa. 



Fennecus, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G8, p. 519. 



1. Fennecus dorsalis. (Sabora.) B.M. 



Canis dorsalis, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 132. (B.M.) 

 ? Canis famelicus, Piippcll, Zool. Atlas, p. 15, t. 50. 

 Canis Riippellii, Sc/iinz, Cm: Thierr. iv. p. 508. 

 Fennecus dorsalis, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G8, p. 519. 



Hah. Sandy deserts of Nubia and Cordofan (called " Sabora " by 

 the Arabs) ; West Africa, Senegal (B.M.), 



2. Fennecus zaarensis. (Fennec.) B.M. 



Canis zerda, Zimmcnn. Gcoqr. Gesch. ii. p. 242 ; Leuckart, Isis, 1825, 



p. 211 ; RiippeU, Zool. Atlas, p. 5, t. 2. 

 Fennecus zaarensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 519. 

 Canis cerdo, Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 75. 

 Canis fennecus, Lesion, 3Ian. p. 168. 

 Megalotis cerdo, Touj. Prod. p. 131. 

 Fennecus cerdo, Gray, Denham, i. p. 85. 



Fennecus arabicus, Soiuiiiii ^- Dvsm. N. Diet. (TH. N. xi. p. 342. 

 Fennecus Brucei, Desm. Mamm. p. 235 ; Enc. Meth. t. 108. f. 9. 

 Viverra aurita, Blumenh. Ilandh. p. 95. 

 Vulpes minimus zoarensis, Skjoldehrand in K. Vetens. Akad. Hand. 



1777, p. 265, t. 6. 

 Vulpes zoarensis. Gray, List Mamm, B. M. p. 62; Gerrard, Cat of 



Bones of Mamm. p. 87. 

 Femiec, Bruce, Travels, v. p. 128, t. 28. ___ 

 Animal anonj'me, Buffon, H. N. Snppl. iii. p. 148, t. 19. 

 Whitish Bog, Shaw (from Bruce). 



Hah. Northern Africa {Bruce, RilppeU), iUgiers, 

 SkuU 182 c. 



3. Fennecus pallidns. (Hosseen.) B.M. 



Canis pallidus, RiippeU, Zool. Atlas, p. 33, t. 11. 



Vidpes palhdus, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 87. 



Fennecus pallidus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 520. 



Hah. Darfur and Cordofun {RiippeU) (called " Abu Hosseen'' by 

 the Arabs). 



SkuU 814 a -. orbits very large. Skull 814 h, described by M. de 

 Blainvillc when in the Museum of the Zool. Soc. 



4. Fennecus caama. (The Asse.) B.M. 



Skull — the crown broad, vase-shaped, rather contracted behind, 

 and linear near the occiput. 



