CUON. 



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There are said to be three varieties of Red wild dogs, which have 

 been all classed together in the genus Cuon, i.e., C. dakhunensis 

 (=-primaevus), C. javanicus ( = C. familiaris var. sumatrensis and 

 C. rutilans), and finally, C. alpinus. 



Following Scully, C. alpinus has been separated since it has 

 a short upper sectorial compared with C. dakhunensis. 



The Malayan form is considered distinct by Mr. Blanford in his 

 recent work on Indian Mammals ; it is said to be smaller and rather 

 darker coloured. The above synonymy, however, refers to the Malay 

 as well as the Indian variety. 



a. Skin $ juv. ...... Zoological Gardens. 



A. Skin $ Chybassa, Bengal A. Grote, Esq., 1856, A. S. B. 



c. Skin ? Zoological Gardens, 



d. Skin, skull $ Banda dist., N.-W. P. J. Cockburn [P.] 



e. Skin, skull Buxa, Doars A. A.jA. Kinloch. 

 /. Skin Sikkim L. Mandelii, 



g. Skin No history, A. S. B. 



h. Skin, Zoological Gardens. 



skelet. 1^ juv. 



y. Skin, skull Sumatra? W. Rutledge. 



jl. Stuffed ? Zoological Gardens. 



/.Stuffed Darjeeling Messrs, Colvin Ainslie & Co., 



A.S. B. 



m. Skeleton $ A. S. B. 



M. Skull Nepal B, H. Hodgson, A. S. B. 



o. Skeleton No history. 



p. Skin, skull Chaprot, Gilgit J. Scully. 



Cuon alpinus. 



Canis alpinus, Pallas Zoog. Rosso As., i, p. 34 (1831) ; Blytk Cat., p. 38 ; 



l^an der Haven Verh. Kon. Akad, Amster., 1856, iii ; Schrenck Amurland 



Saugeth., p. 48, pi, ii ; Radde Ost Siberien, p. 60; Severtsoff Ann. Mag. 



N. H- (4), xviii, p. 48. 

 Cuon alpinus. Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., xvii, p, 293 (1846) ; Gray Cat. 



Cam. Mamm., p. 184. 



Distribution. — Siberia, Turkestan (Severtzoff), Amurland 

 (Schrenck) and Thibet (I, M,), in fact the highlands of Central 

 Asia. The specimen below may possibly be referred to Cuon 

 dukhunensis. 

 a Stuffed Thibet Capt. Munro., 1845, A. S. B. 



Genus CANIS. 



Canis, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed , i, p. 56 (1766). 



Saccalius, H. Smith, Jard. Nat. Libr., ix, p, 206 (1839), Type, Canis aureus. 

 Lupus, H. Smith Jard. Nat. Libr., ix, p. 129 (1839). Type, Canis lupus. 

 Oxygous, Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, p. 908 (1841). Type, Canis aureus. 



Key of the Indian Species. 

 Skull generally exceeds j\ inches in length; head and body J 



ft tn ■} ff f\ in • lp>rro lonOf. 



Kuii generally exceeds 7f 11 

 ft. to 3 ft. 6 in. ; legs long. 



