MAMMALS—CANIDAE—CANIS OCCIDENTALIS. 
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the hairs; legs, belly, and lower parts of the body, unmixed whitish. The dark longitudinal 
stripe on the fore legs of C. lupus is not found in this species. 
(OG) CRS US On eae eee en | 
Tail to end of hairs 
Length of head 
Height of ear 
Breadth of head between ears —---._...-------------.-- 
Men ein otrppen Canine assarea cas - sana = =o ease 
| 
Lower canine _------ So eee Seek ssw Se eet | 
Feet 
Inches. 
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‘« A specimen of this wolf, killed at Fort Clark, and reduced by hunger, weighed 58 pounds, 
and the penis bone was 4” 7’” long. 
‘¢The varying wolf brings forth four to nine young in April, in its burrow.’’ 
Catalog’e Correspond’g 
number. No. of skull. 
List of specimens. 
ee doz===-- 
eee Yellowstone river. 
North Platte riv- 
6 | Republican Fork 
of Platte. 
When Whence obtained. 
collected. 
iio stew fretaie Vi 
185 | Dr. Geo. Suckley. - - 
shit cee | Sse. lel tay. 928 
restoreccscs | 4022222535344 
Dee. le ARSED weeds oot 
1856 Lt G. K. Warren--| 
EERO See ae ee dO ee ae 
222s 6 eee eee (a ope ph ee ae 
Pee (eee ey lp neste dO: 2222-2 | 
BAER (eee eee dO. -=--<s= 
sae HGOMe ae alesscad (6 ee ras eae 
SasEr: (eee ieeaaynee OOS. ncseeee 
Aug. 21, 56 | Lt. F. T. Bryan. -_| 
Sept B0022zh- 222 doretsccoe | 
| 
Oct, 2; 1856... -2922 doy _22 ee. 
Original 
number. 
58 
48 
49 
CANIS OCCIDENTALIS, var. NUBILUS. 
Dusky Wolf. 
Canis nubilus, Say, in Long’s Exped. R. Mts. I, 1823, 168. 
Haran, Fauna Amer. 1825, 84. 
Fiscuer, Synopsis, 1829, 183. 
Doveurty’s Cabinet Nat. Hist. II, 1832, 265; plate xxiii. 
Cu.—Color, light sooty, or plumbeous brown. 
Nature off Collected by— 
specim’n 
jo al ee 
Ladows SS. seek abet ae 
Ss dot | aes Soe as Se 
Se | ee ae ee es ee 
-do....| Dr. F. V. Hayden. 
hey hea dows eee 
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pelle sea|een os GOsenaraae 
22005 =|scceee deuoc=2s- 
sedOesas|aosse2 do=ssesioe 
sot a) =e dossscs-5 
--do_.--| Wm. S$. Wood... 
Skin, in | 
alcoho]).....- done o2==s 
SSE Saar do-2-< sons 
The only perfect specimen of this wolf before me is rather small, and otherwise not in very 
good condition. 
It is about the size of a pointer dog. 
The muzzle is long and acute ; the width 
between the eyes about one and three-quarter inches; the distance from muzzle to eyes, 
