170 THE RED DOGS. 



attracted inquiry much earlier. It is because we 

 think there is sufficient evidence to presume that it 

 was a species of the group now under consideration, 

 which Oppian described as the aureus of Mount 

 Amanus, that the appellation of Chryseus has been 

 applied to distinguish the five or six species, varie- 

 ties, or races, we have to enumerate. Notwith- 

 standing the absence of a tubercular, and that the 

 sole paternity of domestic dogs cannot in our view 

 be ascribed to a single species, we think Mr Hodg- 

 son was fully justified in ofiering to his species the 

 name of Canis primcBvus, the animal we take for 

 the type of the whole group. 



Chri/scBUS primcBVus, Canis primcevus^ Hodgson. 

 The Buansa of Nepaul. — This species wants the 

 second tubercular tooth on each side of the lower 

 jaw, has the soles of the feet hairy, the ears erect, 

 the superior parts of the body deep rust colour, the 

 lower yellowish, and the tail very bushy, straight, 

 and of medial length. The buansa is a true wild 

 dog, in size between a wolf and a jackal,* hunting 

 both by day and by night, in troops of from six to ten 

 individuals ; following game rather by the scent than 

 sight, and generally overcoming the quany by per- 

 severing exertion, combination, and force. The 

 animal barks with a peculiar tone of voice; and 

 unless taken very young, is quite untameable. — 

 Young pups, reared among domestic dogs, are re- 



* From nose to tail, three feet ; tail, one foot ; height at 

 shoulder, about one foot seven inches. Ears, three inches. 



