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Fig. 37. Skull of Vulpes bengalensis. (Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 517.) 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. Tip of tail black ; ears grey outside. 



a. llufous grey, small; skull about 4 inches long V. benyalensis, p. 148. 



b. Ashy grey, very small ; skull about 85 inches 



long V. cana, p. 150. 



B. Tip of tail white. 



a. Ears black or dull brown outside. 



a'. Small ; hind foot and tarsus 4 to 5 inches 



long V. leucopus, p. 151. 



6'. Large; hind foot and tarsus about 6 inches 



long V. alopex, p. 153. 



b. Ears pale rufous outside ; size small V. ferrilalus, p. 155. 



Foxes are chiefly nocturnal in their habits, hiding in holes or 

 burrows made by themselves, or in ravines or amongst grass or 

 bushes during the day. They are, as a rule, solitary, and rarely if 

 ever associate in numbers as other Ganidce do. All the species are 

 more or less insectivorous and frugivorous ; but the more tropical 

 forms appear to live on insects more than those do that inhabit 

 temperate climates. All are highly intelligent and famous for 

 cunning. 



72. Vulpes bengalensis. The Indian Fox. 



Canis bengalensis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i, p. 330 (1800) ; Elliot, Mad. 



Journ. L. S. x, p. 102. 

 Canis bengalensis (and C. rufescens ?), Gray, Hardwicke's HI. Ind. 



Zool. ii, pis. 2 & 3. 



Canis kokree, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 101. __ 



Canis vulpes indicus, Hodgson, As. Res. xviii, pt. 2, p, 237 (1833). 

 Cynalopex bengalensis, Blyth, Cat. p. 41. 



Vulpes bengalensis, Horsfield, Cat. p. 84 ; Jet-don, Mam. p. 149. 

 Vulpes hodgsonii, Gray, C'harlesworth 's M. N. H. i, p. 578. 



Lumri, Lorn, Lokri, H. ; Lukhariya in Bundelkand ; EJiekar, Khikir, 

 Behar ; Khek-siyal, Beng. ; Kokri, Mahr. ; Khekri, Gond ; Konka-nakka, 

 Gunta-nakka, Poti-nara, Tel. ; Konk, Kemp-nari, Chandak-nari, Can. 



