CANIS. 465 
Alopex Kaup. Entw.-Gesch. & Naturl. Syst. Europ. Thierw., 1, 
1829, p. 83. 
Lyciscus H. Smith, in Jard., Nat. Libr. Mamm., 1x, 1839, pp. 
160-166. 
Leucocyon Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1868, p. 561. 
Neocyon Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1868, p. 506. 
Nose long, tapering; jaws elongate; postorbital processes short; 
orbit open posteriorly; braincase lengthened, compressed anteriorly; 
claws short, blunt, slightly curved; upper carnassial with a strong 
blade, the middle lobe conical, pointing backward, the anterior lobe 
nearly obsolete; lower carnassial with a bilobed blade, compressed, 
the hinder lobe the larger, with two cusps and a raised interior border. 
KEY TO(THE SPECIES, 
A. Size small; tail about half the length of body. 
a. Teeth large, heavy. PAGE 
a.’ Under surface of tail ochraceous; tip black..... C. lestes 465 
b.’ Under surface of tail fulvous; tip black. 
a.’ Rostrum thick; palate short, broad...... C. cagottis 466 
b.’” Rostrum longer; palate longer, wider. .C. peninsule 466 
c.’’ Rostrum short; palate very broad...... C. clepticus 467 
c.’ Under surface of tail fulvous, basally 
ROU eek oor co, Waukee. rem ae AIH, $ C. vigilts 467 
b. Teeth small. 
a.’ Forearm bright orange; no black .......... C. mearnst 468 
eee OLGA Valen TV OUS rif nk ke os ee'g 2 ta oe C. impavidus 468 
c.’ Forearm mixed with black on upper side. ..C. microdon 469 
CVgelilloy (Feu ol 8) host 1M) 0) 1G SNPS wee a eae C. estor 469 
SB) Morearnt Glen TULVOUsi. ss es a4 Se eens C. ochropus 469 
B. Size large; tail longer than half the body with- 
ee Ad COOLS VATIADIC. 0.2 en vee leans C. mexicanus 471 
465. lestes (Canis), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x1, 1897, p. 25. 
Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., root, p. 301. 
Rosser Coyote. Coyote in Spanish America for all small wolves. 
Type locality. Toyabe Mountains, near Cloverdale, Nye County, 
Nevada. 
Geogr. Distr. Northern Mexico probably, through Arizona and 
New Mexico to Washington and Southern British Columbia. 
Genl. Char. Size medium; ears and tail large; color similar to 
that of C. latrans. Skull and teeth medium. 
Color. Muzzle pale cinnamon rufous; top of head grizzled gray 
and ochraceous; crown, nape, and ears fulvous; rest of upper parts 
