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terest." The Cuberow "was scarcely known in England, except by 

 its skull, till a few years ago, when skins were brought home by 

 Major Powell-Cotton." The latter saw several of the animals alive 

 in the mountains of Simien. 



Maydon (1932, pp. 220-221) writes that "the Red Wolf is com- 

 mon" at Simien, and refers to it as being seen occasionally on the 

 Gojam plateau, between Lake Tsana and Addis Ababa. 



W. H. Osgood (oral communication, 1936) speaks of this species 

 as not uncommon locally. The Field Museum expedition of 1926-27 

 obtained about five specimens. Alfred M. Bailey (oral communi- 

 cation, 1937) does not consider that it is in any danger from the 

 Ethiopians. 



This animal appears to occupy a peculiar zoological position. 

 Lydekker considers it neither a wolf nor a jackal, while Pocock 

 denies to it affinity with the foxes. 



[A subspecies from south-central Ethiopia has been proposed by 

 De Beaux under the name of Cam's (Simenia) simensis citernii (Atti 

 Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., vol. 61, p. 25, 1922; type locality, "Arussi: 

 Barofa"). No information is at hand concerning its numerical 

 status.] 



Japanese Wolf 



CANIS HODOPHILAX Temminck 



Canis hodophilax Temminck, Tijdschr. Natuurl. Geschied. Physiol., pt. 5, p. 284, 

 1839. (Japan; i. e., Hondo.) (Cj. Harper, 1940, p. 192.) 



FIGS.: Temminck, 1842-45, pi. 9; Mivart, 1890, p. 14, fig. 17; Beddard, 1902, 

 p. 418, fig. 209. 



This wolf is now considered extinct. 



It is distinguished from the European Wolf by its smaller size 

 and shorter legs, though it differs but little in the nature and color 

 of its pelage; fur short and smooth, but tail bushy; ground color 

 gray or ashy; basal two-thirds of the hairs of back and rump thus 

 colored, the tips black ; sides, neck, belly, and tail gray, the extreme 

 tips of the hairs blackish; head and muzzle dark gray; lips more 

 or less whitish ; outer surface of ears brownish rufous ; four extremi- 

 ties gray, washed with rufous and brown; tail tip without colored 

 tuft. Height at shoulder, 16 inches; total length, 3 feet 9 inches, of 

 which the tail comprises about 1 foot; ears, 3 inches. (Temminck, 

 1844, pp. 38-39.) "Prof. Brauns . . . says that in the Museum at 

 Tokio there are very differently coloured skins, namely 'yellowish/ 

 'brownish,' and 'whitish grey' " (Mivart, 1890, pp. 14-15). 



The Japanese Wolf lives in wooded and mountainous regions, and 

 hunts in small family parties. It is as much dreaded by the Japanese 



