CANIS PEOCYONOIDES. 



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brown. Tlie tail is clothed with long hairs, and is often black distally 

 and dorsally, and may be light yellow on its ventral aspect. 



In Slimmer the tint is more rufous and there is more black. 



The above description must not be understood as being more than 

 an approximation to what seems the normal condition, the variation 

 being so considerable. The caecum of this species is almost straight*. 



Habitat. Japan, North China, and Amoorland. 



Centimeters. 



Length from end of snout to root of tail 53-0 



„ of tail 140 



„ from heel to end of longest digit 9'5 



„ of ear 3-2 



Fis- 39. 



Skull of CaNIS PEOCrONOIDES. 



See Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 375. 



