342 MAMMALIA: FER. — LIIL. 
bb. Tail with a concealed mane of stiff beans and without soft fur; muzzle 
shorter. . . a nN er Unocyon, 603. 
aa. Pupil circular; tail winder’ upper incisors idistietly lobed. CANIs, 604. 
602. VULPES Brisson. (Lat., fox.) 
1137. V. vulpes (L.). Rep Fox. Chiefly reddish gray, with 
black feet and ears; tip of tail white. The American form is var. 
fulvus (Desmarest). ‘The Cross Fox is var. decussatus Desm., 
with a dark cross on back; the Black or Silver Fox is var. argen- 
tatus Shaw. ‘These forms fully intergrade with the Common Fox. 
L. 45. T.15. Northern regions, 8. to Texas. (Eu.) 
1138. V. velox Say. Kir Fox. Smaller, with closer fur; yel- 
lowish gray, ears not black. L.33. T.9. Iowato Ore. (Lat., 
swift.) 
603. UROCYON Baird. (oipa, tail; xiwv, dog.) 
1139. U. cinereo-argentatus (Schreber). Gray Fox. Chiefly 
gray; fur dusky or tawny, hairs hoary at tip; tip of tail usually 
dark. L.40. T.14. Penn. to Texasand 8S. W. (Lat., ashy- 
silvery.) 
604. CANIS Linneus. (Lat., dog.) 
1140. C. latrans Say. Coyore. Prarrite WoLrF. Yellowish 
gray, clouded with black ; fur coarse; snout sharp. L. 55. T. 11. 
Wis. to Texas and W., common on the plains, burrowing in the 
ground. A vagabond dog-like animal, “half bold and half timid, 
yet lazy all through.” (Lat., barking.) 
1141. C. lupus L. Wotr. Color exceedingly variable ; chiefly 
sray, becoming whitish northward (var. occidentalis), southward more 
and more blackish and reddish, till in Florida black wolves (var. ater 
Richardson) predominate, and in Texas red ones (var. rufus Aud. 
& Bach.), while on the plains is the dusky wolf (var. nubilus Say). 
L. 65. T. 15. Northern regions, common where not extermi- 
nated. Allied to the wolf, or perhaps descended from it, and more 
or less mixed with other Canide@ is the Dog, Canis familiaris L. 
Famity CCI. FELIDAG. (THe Carts.) 
Digitigrade Carnivora with the toes 5-4; claws compressed, very 
sharp, retractile; palms and soles hairy, with naked pads under 
each toe and the ball of the foot. Bose compact ; hand short, broad 
and rounded. Dentition i. 3-3; ¢. 4:4; pm. $$ or 332; m.44=30 
or 28; canine teeth long and sharp; teeth al strongly trenchant ; 
faces with short, retrorse papilla. General aspect cat-like. Spe- 
cies about 50, found in all parts of the world excepting Australia 
and its islands, “the fiercest, strongest and most terrible of beasts,” 
“brave when hungry and in the dark, cowardly or lazy in the day- 
