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THE COMMON WO:,F, 



Lupus vulgaris. 



PLATE I. 



The common wolf of Western Europe is in stature 

 from twenty-seven to twenty-nine inches at the 

 shoulder. The general colour on the head, neck, 

 and back, is fulvous grey; the hairs being mostly 

 white at the root, then annulated with black, ful- 

 vous, and white, and pointed with black. Those 

 beneath the ears, on the neck, shoulders, and but- 

 tocks, being considerably longer, furnish a kind of 

 mane, which particularly protects the throat : all 

 are hard and strong, especially about the nose and 

 on the ears. The muzzle is black ; the sides of the 

 cheeks and above the eyes more or less ochry, turn- 

 ing grey with age. The upper lip and chin are 

 white ; the limbs ochry or dun, and adults have on 

 the wrists an oblique blackish band. 



The French wolves are generally browner and 

 somewhat smaller than those of Germany. White 

 wolves occur sometimes among the races of middle 

 Europe, but they are mere cases of albinism. 



The race of Russian wolves is larger, and appears 

 more bulky and formidable from the great quantity 

 of long coarse hair on the cheeks, gullet, and neck. 



