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WOLF OF SOUTHERN STATES, N. AMERICA. 

 Lupus MexicanuSf Smith, 



PLATE IV. 



Is still very imperfectly known, although it was 

 described by Hernandez and Fernandez. In stature 

 it is equal to the common, but the head is broader ; 

 the ears are long and pointed ; the neck very thick ; 

 the tail scanty and not so long as in tlie former ; 

 the vibrisssB are very robust, almost like quills, having 

 black and white rings; the fur is grey with spots of a 

 rusty tan-colour; the grey of the head is marked with 

 several transverse blackish bars, and on the forehead 

 with fulvous spots ; the neck is grey with a fulvous 

 bar and a similarly coloured spot on the breast, and 

 with another on the chest; blackish bars and ful- 

 vous spots run irregularly down the sides ; the tail 

 is grey, with a fulvous mark about the middle ; the 

 limbs are grey with blackish rings from the body 

 to the feet, distinguishing this species from all other 

 wolves. We have never met with a specimen in 

 museums, and only found an imperfect skin at 

 Cura9oa, brought from Honduras, where the species 

 did not appear to be well known; but it may be 

 that these animals vary considerably in the markings 



