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bushy ; pupils round ? mammse six. Habits 

 subdiurnal and nocturnal ; solitary, campestral. 



Chrysoci/on jnbatus, Canis jubatus, DESM.; Canis cam- 

 pestris, WIED.J Aguara Guazu, Maned Aguara. 



SECTION IX. Dusicyon, Aguara Dogs. Forms be- 

 tween the wolf and fox ; body bulky ; legs short ; 

 tail medial, tip white; eyes oblique, pupils 

 round ? burrow ; more social, more placable ; eat 

 fish, crabs, birds, &c. ; swim well ; subdiurnal. 



Dusicyon canesccns, NOB., Hoary Aguara Dog; Canis 



Thous? LINN. 

 D. Antarcticus, C. Antarcticus, Auct.; Falkland Island 



Aguara. 



D. silvestris, NOB., Aguara of the Woods ; Chien des bois. 

 D.fulvipes, Vulpes fulvipes, MARTIN; Culpew molina. 



SECTION X. Cerdocyon, Aguara Foxes. Form of 

 foxes: very large brushes; rather low on the 

 legs; nose very pointed; pupils vertically con- 

 tractile with difficulty; fur soft, abundant; li- 

 very mixtures of greys, buff, white, and black ; 

 tip of tail black ; subnocturnal ; placable. 



Cerdocyon mesoleucus. 



C. Guaraxa. 



C. Azarce^ C. cancrivorous is the young. 



C. Magellanicus. 



All the foregoing sections present species more 

 or less liable to intermix with domestic dogs. 



