60 CARNIVORA. 



Genus CANIS. 



Teeth. — Incisors, ^ ; canines, y^ ; molars, ~^^ ; the 

 two kxst in each jaw tubercular. Tongue smooth ; claws not 

 retractile, five on the fore-feet, four on the hinder feet. 

 Subgenus 1. Canis. — Eyes with circular pupils. 

 Subgenus 2. Vulpes. — Eyes with linear pupils; tail 

 bushy. 



Subgenus 1. Canis. 

 Canis Lupus. 



Canis Liqms, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 293 ; Pallas, Sciireber. 

 The Wolf. 



Description. — The tail straight ; eyes oblique. Eur over 

 the body tawny or yellowish grey, with a black streak on 

 the fore-legs in adults ; hair white at root, then ringed 

 with black, fulvous, white, and pointed with black ; ears 

 erect ; muzzle black ; chin and upper Hp white. 



Length of head and body, 3 feet 9 inches ; head, 10 

 inches 6 lines ; ears, 4 inches 9 lines ; tail, 1 foot 5 inches ; 

 27 to 29 inches high at the shoulder. 



Extinct in the British Islands, the last kiUed there being 

 in Scotland in 1680, in Ireland in 1710. The female goes 

 sixty-three days with young, and produces from five to 

 nine at a birth. The Wolf varies both in size and shade of 

 colour in the different countries of Europe ; those of Russia 

 and Scandinavia are said to be the largest ; those of Erance 

 browner and smaller than in Germany. 



Found all over the Continent of Europe in extensive 

 forests. Very numerous in many parts of Erance. 



Canis Lycaon. 



Canis Lycaon, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 294. 

 The Black Wolf. 



Description. — In form resembles the common Wolf, except 



