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THE PALE DOG-FOX. 

 Cynalopex pallidits. 



PLATE XVIL 

 Canis pallidas, RuppeL 



Differs little from the Indian before-mentioned. 

 It is only twenty inches long, the tail ten inches, 

 the ears two inches, and the height at the shoulder 

 nine inches and a half. The fur in general is of a 

 pale reddish buff; the under wool of the same, ex- 

 cepting on the back, where the roots of it are^ 

 greyish; the stronger hair covers the woolly en- 

 tirely ; the nose, eyelids, and whiskers black ; irides 

 bright brown ; ears middle sized, pointed, edged with 

 whitish, naked within ; temples, throat, and inferior 

 parts white ; there is a buff band round the neck ; 

 the tail, coloured like the back, is tipped with black 

 and a dark spot at the root ; the fore-feet are red- 

 dish-brown, and the hinder partly of the same 

 colour. Riippel found this animal in Darfur and 

 Kordofan, burrowing under-ground, hunting by 

 night ; it was seldom caught in traps. 



