CANIS LATEANS. 



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all four legs are mostly of a uniform tawny tint. The Coyote is really 

 a much more slender animal than it appears to be, on account of the 

 long and copious coat with which its body is clothed. 



Habitat. From the south of Costa Rica to Canada, in at least 55° 

 N. lat. 



Centimeters. 



Length from snout to root of tail 92-0 to 101 



„ of tail 32-0 



„ from heel to end of longest digit 18"0 



„ of car 140 



Skeletal and Dental Characters. 



The skull possesses no distinctive characters, nor have we been able 

 to detect any in the shape of the teetli. 



rontimeters. 



Lengtii of cervical vcrtebrse KiO 



„ dorsal „ 2 1".") 



„ lumbar „ 18() 



„ sacral „ 35 



„ caudal „ 360 



Lcngtli from front of atlas to hinder end of sacrum . . 590 



Length of pectoral limb 44'5 



pelvic „ 51 "0 



humerus 150 



radius 15"2 



femur 16'5 



tibia 17-0 



index metacarpal 5G 



third „ 6-6 



metacarpal of pollex 3'0 



whole pollex 34 



last phalanx of third digit (manus) .... r4 



index metatarsal 685 



metatarsal of hallux 11 



whole hallux 1'9 



last phalanx of third digit (pes) 1'3 



1 from basion to ovaliou 2'6 



, „ to sphenoideum 4'3 



, sphenoideum to guathion 12'5 



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