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FULVOUS-TAILED DOG-FOX. 



Cynalopea: chrysurus^ Grey. 



Jl he length of this animal is twenty-three inches and 

 a half; the tail ten inches. The fur pale /o^y-Z'ro^'w, 

 varied with black-tipped rigid white hairs, most 

 abundant on the sides, and only scattered on the 

 hinder parts of the back. Under fur soft, silky ; 

 of the back, fulvous ; of the sides, whitish ; lead- 

 coloured at the base. Cheeks, chin, throat, and 

 belly, white : sides of the chest, iifternal surface of 

 the legs, yellowish- white. Upper parts of the legs 

 and subcaudal region bright reddish fulvous. Tail 

 cylindrical, reaching nearly to the ground, pale 

 yellow, with a dark brown tip and a large tuft of 

 rather rigid hairs, placed over a gland, at its upper 

 basal surface. Ears rather large, acute, grey, and 

 edged with black externally; internally whitish. 

 Inhabits India. Specimen in the British Museum. 

 The long hairs of the back are t-hin at the base, 

 swell out and become stiff at the tip, each being 

 matked with a broad blackish ring and a brown 

 point. 



