a66 MAMMALIA 



Canis mesomelas. 



Canis mesomela<!, Schreber Sdugeth., iii, p. 370, pi. xcv (1778) ; Blanford 



, Abyssinia, p. 237. 



Vulpes mesomelas, Gray P. Z. S., p. 516 (1868) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 



p. 203. 



Distribution. — South and East Africa, Abyssinia and the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



a. Skin, skull $ Zoological Gardens, 



Canis variegatus. 



Canis variegatus, Cretzschmar RiippelVs Aflas, p. 31, pi. x (1826) ; Blyth 



Cat., p. 40 ; Blanford Abyssinia, p. 238. 

 Vulpes variegata, Gray P. Z. S., p. 516 (1868) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 



p. 203. 



Distribution. — Upper Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia to Somali 

 land. 



a. Skin $ Hulai, Abyssinia W. T. Blanford. 



b Stuffed Somali land Messrs. Burton and Speke, 



1855, A. S. B. 



Canis procyonoides. 



Canis procyonoides, Gray Illustr. Ind. Zool., ii, pi. i (1833); Schrenck 



Amur land Siiugetk., p. 53. 

 Nyctereutes procyonoides. Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 62 (1843); Swin- 



hoe, P.Z S., 1870, p. 631. 

 Nyctereutes viverrinus, Temminck & Schlegel Faun. Jap. Mamm., p. 40, 



pi. viii (1850). 



Distribution. — Eastern Asia from Amurland to Canton, Japan 

 (Temminck), but not Formosa. 



a. Skin, skull i Zoological Gardens. 



Canis familiaris. 



Canis familiaris LinncEus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 56 (1766) ; Blyth Cat., 

 p. 38; Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 193. 



Var. — dingo. 



Canis dingo, Sham Genl. Zool., i, p. 277 (1800) ; Gould Mamm. Austr., iii, 



pis. li, Iii. 

 Canis familiaris var. australasise, Eesvarest Mamm., p. 191 (1820). 

 Chrysaeus australise, H. Smith Jard. Nat. Libr., ix, p. 188, pi. x (1839). 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan in a domestic state ; the dingo is 

 confined to Australia, and may perhaps be considered a distinct 

 species. 



