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A CANIS, Linnaeus. WOLVES. 



1. C. lupus, L. WOLF. Color exceedingly variable; 

 northward it is chiefly gray, southward more and more 

 blackish and reddish, till in Florida black wolves pre 

 dominate, and in Texas red ones. N. A. and northern 

 parts of the Old World. (C. occidentalis, Auct.) 



2. VULPES, Brisson. FOXES. 



1. /. vulgaris, Fleming. RED Fox. CROSS Fox. SILVER 

 Fox. BLACK Fox. Chiefly red, with black feet and ears; 

 tip of tail white. A single species, widely variable- in 

 color, as indicated by the common names. N. Am. 

 Europe (V.fulvuS) Auct.) 



3. U ROC YON, Baird. GRAY FOXES. 



1. U. virginianus, (Erxleben.) GRAY Fox. Chiefly 

 gray; fur dusky or fulvous, hairs hoary at tip; tip of tail 

 usually dark. Penn. S., W. to the Pacific. 



FAMILY IIL MUSTELID^E. 



(The Weasels.) 



Carnivora either plantigrade or digitigrade, with the 

 toes 5-5. Molars J:|- (rarely \\\ ); the upper and the last 

 lower one tubercular; no ccecum. Most species provided 

 with glands near the anus which secrete a fetid liquid. 

 Some are strictly carnivorous while others are rather om 

 nivorous. Size usually medium or small. They are found 

 in all parts of the earth excepting the Australian region. 



* Last or true molar of upper jaw short, small, transversely elon 



gated; toes short; claws retractile. (MUSTELINE.) 

 f Teeth 38 ; body slender ; feet digitigrade ; tail rather long ; low 

 er first molar with an internal tubercle. . MUSTELA, 1. 



