CAXIS PALLIPES. 139 



Fam. Canid^. The Dog tribe. 



Molar teeth mostly ; more rarely or : two of these 



^ 7—7 ^ 7—7 8—8 



in general on each side in both jaws being tuberculous, rarely three ; 

 the first of the tipper tuberculous teeth very large ; upper flesh-tooth 

 with one inner tubercle, lower do. with its posterior portion tuberculous. 

 Fore-feet with five toes, the thumb raised ; hind-feet usually with four. 

 Head more or less conical, and pointed in front, the jaws being pro- 

 duced ; legs of nearly equal length. 



The tongue is smooth ; the intestines rather long, and the csecum of 

 a peculiar spiral form. Some have a dermal gland above the base of 

 the tail ; others a sac or hollow gland on each side of the anus, opening 

 by a pore, which seci-etes a pungent whey-like substance with the peculiar 

 smell of the animal, the contents of which can be made to trickle out on 

 pressure. 



In domestic dogs these pores exist, but are evanescent, and without a 

 distinct sac or secretion. In these too there is often a fifth claw on the 

 hind-feet, but only connected by skin, and called the dew-claw. 



Gen. Canis, Linn, (restricted). 



P -I 1 



Char. — Dental formula, incisors ; canines ; prsemolars 



; molars " ". The false molars are ' : and the tubercular 



4—4 ' 3—3 4—4 



molars - — ^ ; the former small ; tail moderately brushed ; pupil rounded. 



In this group, as here restricted, are classed the Wolf and the Jackal. 

 LinnsBus included Foxes and Hysenas as well. 

 1st. Wolves, Lujyus, Hamilton Smith. 



Of large size. Muzzle obtuse, not much lengthened ; tail short ; no 

 caudal gland. 



135. Canis pallipes. 



Stkes, Cat. — Blyth, Cat. 121. — C. hqms, var., Elliot, Cat. 17. — 

 Ldadagh, H., in the South. — Bherd, or Bherid, or Byria, or Bharya, 

 H., in Northern and Central India. — Nekrd, in some parts. — BigMna, 

 in part of Bundelcund. — lluiuldr, or Hurdr, in other parts. — Tola, Can. 

 — Toralu, Tel. 



