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l)lack towards their apices. There is generally a teiuleiiGy to develop 

 two black lines over the haunches, the two lines converging towards 

 the tail. Examples of melanism and albinism have been met with, and 

 the colour may be intensified to bright rufous. We have also seen a 

 specimen trom Nepal, and another from the Deccan, of a dusky tint. 



Habitat. India, Ceylon, Burmah, and southwards to south of Pegu. 

 South-western Asia to Caucasus, Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece, and 

 Dalinatia. 



Centimeters. 



Length from snout to root of tail 80"0 



„ of tail 19"5 



„ from heel to ciid of longest digit 14*4 



„ of car 50 



Sometimes the ear is longer. The maximum we have found is 6" 5. 



Skeletal and Dental Characters. 



^^'hen the skull is viewed in profile, and compared with that of the 

 Wolf, the elevation between the orbits and the antero-posterior con- 

 cavity of the dorsum of the muzzie are both very slight ; the two 

 tubercles behind the principal cusp of the third upper molar are vitv 

 small. 



Centimeters. 



IJasion to ovaliou 2'() 



„ splicnoidcuni 3'9 



Splieiioidi'uni to gnatliion O'.'i 



Length of palate Of! 



Breadth „ 4-2 



Length of nasals .^'l' 



Jh-eadthof „ H'-'i 



„ brain-case -iv 



zvsomata . . T'i) 



Length of. I!ii ()-4.v 



P:j or 



P- 3' ... O!) 



P-4 . ,. i(i; 



