288 SYNOPSIS OF THE CAMMS. 



shoulder thirty inches. Inhabit the northern he- 

 misphere from the Polar Seas to Central China 

 and the Crishna in India, Northern Persia, Na- 

 tolia, Europe, Morocco ? in America to the Isth- 

 mus of Panama. 



Lupus vulgaris, NOB., Can. lupus, Auct., the Common 



Wolf ; Lupus vulgaris of America. 

 L. lycaon, Auct., the Black Wolf. 

 L. nubilus ? the Dusky Wolf ; Canis variegatus, WIED. 

 L. MeoricanuS) the Mexican Wolf. % 



SECTION II. Lyciscus. Head broad, more arched, 

 muzzle pointed; eyes more approximate, less 

 oblique ; ears erect, pointed ; shoulder and croup 

 equal ; fur short ; tail bushy, tipt white ; dispo- 

 sition more placable; stature about twenty-six 

 inches; voice barking and howling; burrows; 

 gregarious. 



L. latrans, the Prairie Wolf of North America. 



L. cagottiS) the Coyotl of Mexico ; Loup de Mexique, Cuv. 



L. tigriS) NOB., the Jungle Koola. 



SECTION III. Chryseus. Head broad, muzzle less 

 pointed, forehead rounder, ears erect, triangular ; 

 eyes less oblique; body long; fur short; tail 

 straight, with small, or scarcely any brush ; colour 

 fulvous; from muzzle to eyes, with the feet darker ; 

 shy, fierce, placable; seldom burrow; hunt in 

 troops; bark; stature twenty-four inches, and 

 less ; mammas eight ? Inhabit the warmer parts 

 of Asia, Africa, and the islands of Australia. 



Cliryseus prim&vus, the Buansu ; Canis primaevus, HODG. 

 C. Dukhunensis, the Kolsun ; Canis Dukhunensis, SYKES ; 



the Beluel of Avicenna. 

 C. scylax, NOB., the Dhole. 

 C. Ceylonicus* Canis Ceylonicus, BODD. 



[The above four have the second tubercular tooth of 

 lower maxilla wanting.] 



