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characteristics of the Cynalopex and Fennecs, that 

 we doubt the propriety of placing it here. It is in 

 length two feet one inch, the tail one foot six lines, 

 the ears are three inches, and the stature at the 

 shoulder is one foot one and a half inches. Though 

 high on the legs, and slender of body, it resembles 

 the common fox. The fur is reddish on the head, 

 neck, and back, and the sides have the hairs tipped 

 with yellow; the feet and tail foxy red, with a 

 black ring, and the tip white ; the lips and under 

 jaw of the same colour; and the throat, breast, 

 and belly, cinereous grey. 



This animal burrows, hunts birds, coleoptera, 

 and other insects, and abounds in Ambukol and in 

 Upper Egypt. 



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THESE animals in the new continent are likewise 

 confined to the north side of the equator, all the 

 other osculating species being crepuscular, not noc- 

 turnal ; that is, hunting in the dusk, or during 

 moonlight, but not in dark nights, the pupils of 

 their eyes taking the elliptical form with more diffi- 

 culty and less perfectly, while the genuine foxes 

 effect it in a moment, and prowl in the darkest 

 localities and periods without hesitation. Of the 



