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south of those mountains, where it is of larger-size .than the com 

 mon wolf. Several varieties of wolves are met with in Asia. 

 Those of Asia Minor are deeply fulvous, and show more of red 

 than the wolves of Italy. 



Numbers of such as the C. lupus (mibilus,) the Dusky Wolf, 

 the Black Wolf, C. lupus (niger,) are found on the sandy plains 

 east of the Rocky Mountains. They go in droves, and hunt deer 

 by night, with dismal, yelling cries*, and woe to the foxes if they 

 find them on a plain at any distance from their hiding places ! 

 In the same districts, and associating in greater numbers than 

 other wolves, are found the C. lupus (latrans,)the Prairie or Bark 

 ing Wolf, intermediate in size between the large American Wolf 

 and the Virginia Fox, and in many respects like the fox. In its 

 bark or howl it greatly resembles the latter animal, as well as 

 the domestic dog of the Indians. Their general color is ashy 

 gray; their length two feet, ten inches. They are well known 

 to the inhabitants of the western parts of Arkansas and Missouri, 

 and to those who live on the borders of the Upper Missouri and 

 Mississippi rivers. 



Their skins are of some value, the fur being soft and warm, 

 and constitute a part of the exportations of the Hudson Bay Com 

 pany. The Prairie Wolf is found in California and Texas, and 

 on the eastern side of the mountains of New Mexico, as well as 

 on the western prairies. 



C. lupus, (rufus.) The Red Texan Wolf resembles the 

 common gray variety, is more slender and light than the White 

 Waif of the North- West part of this continent, and has a more 

 fox-like aspect. The hair is not woolly like that of the White 

 W jlf, but lies smooth and flat. The length is two feet, eleven 

 inches. In habits, it is nearly like the Black and White Wolf. 

 It is said that &quot; when visiting the battle fields of Mexico, the waives 

 preferred the slain Texans or Americans, to the Mexicans, and 

 only ate the bodies of the latter from necessity, as owing to the 

 quantity of pepper used by the Mexicans in their food, their flesh 

 is impregnated with that powerful stimulant.&quot; Audubon, in re 

 ferring to the geographical distribution of this animal, remark s of 

 quadrupeds generally, that toward the north they are more sub 

 ject to become white ; toward the east, or Atlantic side, gray ; to 

 the south, black ; and toward the west, red. 



C. aureus, (Lat. golden.) The JACKAL. This animal is found 

 throughout the Levant, in Persia, India and Africa. It is called 

 &quot;aureus&quot; on account of the yellow tint of its skin. The Jackal 

 is supposed to be the fox of the sacred writers, (Judges xv. 4, 5.) 

 Like the wolf, it hunts in packs, pursuing the antelope and other 



