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Canis lupus deitanus Cabrera. 



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



Madrid, vii, p. 197. 

 1910. Canis lupus deitanus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d' Europe, p. 91. 



Tijpe locality. — Moratalla, Murcia, Spain. 



Geographicnl distribution. — Now known from the type locality 



only- _ . 



DicK/nosis. — Smaller than Canis lupus lupus and brighter in 

 colour, the general ajipearance much as in C. aureus. 



Measurements. — Unknown. 



Specimens examined. — I have seen the two living examples in Madrid 

 on which the form was based. 



Remarlcs. — Tn general appearance the two Moratalla wolves 

 are strikingly different from Canis lupus. Unfortunately their 

 true characters are not yet known. 



CANIS AUREUS Linnaeus. 



1758. [Cams'] aureus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 40. 



1835. Canis aureus var. moreotica I. Geoffroy, Exp6d. Sci. de Mor6e. Zool., 



pi. I (Morea, Greece). 

 1841. Clams'] dalmatinus Wagner, Schrober's Siiugthiere, Suppl., ii, p. 383 



(Dalmatia). 

 1841. C[a.nis] cjnecus Wagner, Schreber's Sangthiere, Suppl., ii, p. 383 



(Peloponesus). 

 1892. Canis aureus balcanicus Brusina, Glasnik Hrvatskoga Naravoslovnoga 



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



Ti/2>e locality. — Province of Lar, Persia. 



Gcoe/raplilcal dlstributton. — India and westward through Asia 

 Minor to the Balkan Peninsula, north to Heves Comitat, 

 Hungary, 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than Canis lupus (condylobasal length of 

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

 domestic dogs in size, the upper molars with wide, conspicuous 

 cingulum on outer side (fig. 62). 



Colour. — Upper parts buff'y cinnamon, clouded Ijy black hair 

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

 Ijright 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 back, the basal half above greyish, the 

 terminal half and underside bufiy much o^•erlaid with black ; 

 pencil blackish ; underparts and inner side of legs dull bufiy 

 grey ; chin blackish ; feet dull buffy. 



