﻿NO. 15 LARGE WOLVES OF NORTH AMERICA — MILLER 5 



Names which do not require consideration in this connection are : 



Canis Horidanus Miller 1912 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. 25, 

 p. 95, May 4, 1912). Type locality, Horse Landing, on the St. John 

 River, about 12 miles south of Palatka, Putnam County, Florida. 



Canis frustror Woodhouse 185 1 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, Vol. 5, p. 147). Type locality, Fort Gibson, at junction of 

 Neosho and Arkansas rivers, Indian Territory. 



Canis lycaon Schreber 1776 (Saugthiere, pi. 89.) Type locality, 

 Eastern Canada. 



Canis lupus var. rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851 (Quadr. 

 North Amer., Vol. 2, p. 240. Type locality, Texas. {Canis rufus 

 Bailey, North Amer. Fauna, No. 25, p. 174, October 24, 1905.) 



Canis mexicanus Linnaeus 1766 (Syst. Nat., Vol. 1, 12th ed., p. 60). 

 Type locality, southern Mexico. The name was primarily based on 

 the " Xoloitzcuintli " of Hernandez (Rerum Medicarum Novae His- 

 paniae Thesaurus, p. 479, 1628), an animal described as very similar 

 to the European wolf and considerably larger than the " Coyotl." It 

 inhabited the hot portions of Mexico (Hernandez, Hist. Anim. et 

 Min. Nov. Hisp., Tractatus primus, De Quadr. Nov. Hisp., p. 7). 

 Whether a true wolf ever occurred in this region is doubtful. Mr. 

 E. W. Nelson informs me that the wolf of the southern end of the 

 Mexican tableland became extinct about fifty years ago. 



