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the strikingly unusual coloration of this Dog. It is a small 

 animal, with numerous long white hairs (iorsally. The IVice, 

 chest, and much of the belly are black. Its aspect distinctly 

 recalls that of a Eaccoou,^ especially in the black patches below 



Fig. 206. — Raecoon-like Dog. Nydereutcs procyonides. x J. 



the eyes, whence of course the scientific name and the pseudo- 

 vernacular " Eaccoon-like Dog." It inhabits China and Japan. 

 As to structure, there is hardly anything that justifies its ex- 

 clusion from the genus Canis. Garrod, however, mentions the 

 unusually large size of the Spigelian lobe of the liver. 



Wortman and Malkens" have instituted a genus NotJiocyon for 

 Dr. Mivart's species C. urostictus ^ and C parvidcns, which are 

 both South American forms. 



The genus Otocyon contains but one species, (). megalotis, an 

 African species, ranging pretty widely in that continent (from 

 the Cape to Somaliland, in sandy districts), and sometimes con- 

 fused with the Fennec on account of its long ears. Its prin- 

 cipal structural difference from other Dogs is that there is an 

 additional molar in each jaw, the molar formula being thus M |- 

 or even i ]\Ioreover the carnassial teeth are not so pro- 

 nounced, and Professor Huxley laid especial stress upon the 



1 The relationship between the Canidae and the Procyonidae must not be lost 

 sight of in considering this point of external likeness. 



- Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. xii. 1900, p. 109. 



2 Proc. 'Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 98. 



