8 Some Account of the 



camel. The skin was varied with white, tawny, and 

 black. 



This species particularly abounded in the kingdom 

 of Michuacan, the most westerly part of the old em- 

 pire of Anahuac. The natives of Michuacan call it 

 Abora, or Abora. It is said, by Clavigero, to be al- 

 most wholly extinct*. 



The Itzcuintepotzotli bears no resemblance what- 

 ever to the wolf, from which it is not probable that it 

 was derived. It has much more the aspect of some 

 of the domesticated dogs ; and Hernandez informs 

 us, that it resembled them in nature and in manners. 

 That it was a species of Canis is very probable ; but 

 that it was a mere variety of the common dog is much 

 more uncertain. I rather suspect it was not. We 

 are not, indeed, permitted to decide this matter with 

 certainty. One essential difference between the two 

 animals we are able to collect. The Mexican dog is 

 said to have six teats, whereas the common dog has 

 ten. 



Buflbn, Pennant, and Gmelin, have confounded 

 this animal with the alco. .Hernandez, however, 

 plainly speaks of them as two distinct animalsf, as 

 does also the Abbe ClavigeroJ. It is probable, 

 however, that they were considerably allied to each 

 other. 



• The History of Mexico. Vol. i. p. 44. 



ilistorix Animalium, &c. Liber Unicus. p. 7. 

 ] The History oi'Mexico. Vol. ii. p. 282, and p. 323. 





