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HOARY AGUARA DOG. 

 Dustc7/on canescens^ Nob. 



PLATE XXII. 



This species we have seen domesticated among the 

 Indians, who nevertheless asserted that it was wild 

 to the southward ; and some years after, we found 

 a specimen in the museum of Baltimore,* stated to 

 have been shot some degrees to the south of the 

 river Plate. It was about two feet eight inches in 

 length, the tail nearly eleven inches, and the height 

 at the shoulder fifteen or sixteen inches.f The head 

 was terminated by a sharp black muzzle, the edges 

 of the lips were black, the laniary teeth rather 

 slender, long, and sharp; there was a very large 

 wart with several bristles on each cheek ; the ears 

 small, pointed, and hairy ; the eyes high up in the 

 head ; the body full and long ; mammae not all 

 visible ; the legs strong and close haired ; five toes 



* The sketch and the notes were among the materials col- 

 lected by us in the United States ; but there may be an error 

 in the name above given, as a great number of subjects were 

 copied at Philadelphia, New York, and other places, about the 

 same time. 



+ These measurements are approximations only, because th» 

 specimen, when drawn, was in a glass case. 



