CANIS . 315 



Canis lupus deitanus Cabrera. 



1907. Canis lupus deitanus Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist Nat 



Madrid, vii, p. 107. '' 



1910. Canis lupus deitanus Troues.sart, Fauue Mamm. d'Europe, p. 91. 



%>e Zorr</%.— Moratalla, Murcia, Spain. 



Genf/mphical (h'.strihnt!on.~-l<^o\v known from the type locality 

 only. -^ •' 



D!a<jnosis.~^miiUev than Canis hipm lupus and brighter in 

 colour, the general ai)pearance much as in C. aureus. 

 Measurements. — Unknown. 



Specimens examined.~l have seen the two living examples in :\radrid 

 on which the form was based. 



Iteniarh'i.^Tn general appearance the two Moratalla wolve.s 

 are strikingly different from Cam's lupm. Unfortunately their 

 ti-ue characters are not yet known. 



CANIS AUREUS Linnteus. 



1758. [Cams'] atireus Liouaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 40. 

 1835. Canis aureus var. moreotica I. Geoffroy, Exp6d.'sci. de Mov&e Zool 

 pi. I (Morea, Greece). '' 



1841. C[anis] dalmatinus Wagner, Schreber's Saugthiere, Suppl ii n 383 

 (Dalmatia). '-'■ ' ' ^" 



1841. C[anis-\ gr^'cus Wagner, Schreber's Saugthiere, Suppl ir p 383 

 (Peloponesus). ' '■' 



1892. Canis aureus halcanicus Brusina, Glasnik Hrvatskoga Naravoslovno^a 

 Drustva, Zagreb, vii, p. 317 (Drava River, Croatia). " 



Type locaUhj. — Province of Lar, Persia. 



(ic(>[iraphical distribution.—Indin and westward through Asia 

 Min.)r to the Balkan Peninsula, north to Heves Comitat, 

 Hungary. 



D/ag-no-s/s.— Smaller than Canis lupus (condylobasal len<^th of 

 skull less than 200 mm.) ; teeth not equal to those of the larger 

 domestic tlogs m size, the upper molars with wide, conspicuous 



Icmgulum on outer .side (fig. 62). 

 _ CoZowr.— Upper parts buffy cinnamon, clouded by black hair 

 tips along dorsal region, nearly clear on sides, and becoming clear 

 bright cinnamon on outer surface of legs and ear and on area 

 around and behind base of ear ; muzzle more heavily washed 

 with black ; from middle of back to base of tail the cinnamon is 

 replaced by whitish, causing a rather noticeable contrast between 

 this region and the surrounding parts when fur is disarranged ■ 

 tail essentially like l^ack, the basal half above greyish,°the 

 terminal half and underside bully much overlaid with black • 

 pencil blackish ; underparts and niner side of legs dull buffy 



