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THE ABYSSINIAN WOLF. 



ri.yrs sr.\/F\s/s. 



CamiB nmrnnt, ltti|i|rll. Nrue WiHirllhirrr s. d. Fmiiu ron AbjrMiiiim 



j:.|. - ■ - "'I ; 



J. A. '^ , . .\ .... li. 



Simfitia timtrmtu, (inir, i*ror. / oUC ; id. C*«Ulr>inir of 



('•niMurutt* ManiM.niia, y. I.'. 



Tiir. animal \\v liavr nrtt to cnu«i(Jcr u plainly a very <)i*iiiui »|Kvirk. 

 and has no MitcrioJ ailinitj (o anjr of the nutnrrotu vanctirn of llir 

 Common Wolf. It wan diacovrrvd Uy Dr. Kdward Uu|i|m-II during hit 

 Imvi-U in .\li\it»inia, in mml of llir provinrrt of whirh n>unlry il it, be 

 says, t4t Im- met with. It hiinia in |Mirk», pn •■ ■ nhrrp 



and smnll x«ihi animnU, Imt il t<t n'^rdrd »- ii< << ■ ■» m^ ■■--m^ 



to mnn. Tlic individunl mpturctl «a» takrn in thr ni<' of 



.Viiivrn (Somen or Simeii), and u no«r in the Hnli«h MuM-iini. This 

 8|)ociinen, whirh i« the ty|>e of the »|iecies, is figured in our IMatc VI. 



The animal is olratit the site of a lar^^e kluvp.dog. 



The Abyssinian Wolf is rvmarkahlr im thegn-at length and oiender. 

 nc88 of its snout. 



Its roluiir is a light yellowish reddish l)f...-.i ...i the whole of the 

 upper and almost nil the outer |Kirls. It is white round the mouth, 

 more or less round the eycx, on the inner margins of the ears, on the 

 chest, on the front of the fore legs Ik-Iow the wrist, on the front of the 

 hind legs iM'hiw the knee, amund the vent, Ix-nealh and at the sides 

 of the proximal half of the toil, inside the thighs, and on the hinder 

 half of the bellv. The distal half of the tail is blackish. Tliose lower 



