290 SYNOPSIS OP THE CANID^E. 



SECTION VI. Cynalopex, Day Foxes. Form small, 

 elegant; tail long, strait, forming a brush, tip 

 black ; fur close, fine ; conch of the ears open, the 

 tip pointed ; livery yellowish and liver-coloured 

 greys ; teeth showing insectivorous propensities ; 

 soles of the feet furred ? black spot on the base of 

 tail concealing a gland. Inhabits the plains of 

 Tartary, India, and Western Asia. 



Cynalopex corsac, Canis corsac. 



C. kokree, Canis kokree, SYKES. 



C. chrysurus, Canis chrysurus; Fulvous-tailed Dog, GRAY. 



C. pallidus, Canis pallidus, RUPPEL; Abu Hosein of 



Arabs. 

 <7. Turcicus? Renard Turc; Tilki of the Turks. 



SECTION VII. Megalotis, the Fennecs or Zerdas, 

 the smallest of the canine family. Ears very large, 

 broad, erect, double folded ; auricular organs much 

 enlarged; skull convex, no central ridge; feet 

 furred ; tail bushy, spot at base, and tip black ; 

 eyes diurnal ; mammse six ? jaws weak ; teeth 

 insectivorous ; burrow ; not gregarious. Inhabit 

 Africa. 



M.famelicus, Canis famelicus, CRETZSCHMAR; Sabora of 



Arabs. 



M. caama, Canis vulpes caama, SMITH. 

 M. zerda, Fennec of BRUCE ; Zerda, or Durda. 



CanldoB of South America. All, it seems, 

 with a tendency to elliptical pupils, but none 

 perfectly as in true foxes. Dentition invariably 

 less powerful. 



SECTION VII T. Chrysocyon, Aguara "Wolf. Stature 

 nearly equal to the wolf; head smaller ; legs long, 

 slender ; mane on neck and shoulders ; tail straight, 



