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THE KOKRER. 



Cywdopex hokree. 



The Kokree of the Mahrattas. — Canis Kokree of Col. Sykea. 



We place this animal here, as most likely a con- 

 gener if not a variety of the Corsac. It is described 

 as a handsome species, much smaller than the com- 

 mon fox. The head short ; muzzle very sharp ; the 

 eyes oblique ; the irides nut brown ; the legs slen- 

 der; tail trailing on the ground and very bushy; 

 the colour along the back and on the forehead fawn, 

 each hair having a white ring near the tip ; the 

 back, neck, between the eyes, along the sides, and 

 half-way down the tail, reddish grey, each hair 

 being banded with black and reddish white; the 

 legs reddish outside, reddish white inside ; chin and 

 throat dirty white; ears externally dirty brown, 

 the fur appearing as short as velvet; the edges of 

 the eyelids black; muzzle brown; length twenty- 

 two inches ; tail eleven inches and a half. (Sykes.) 



