SECTION X. CERDOCYON. 



THE AGUARA FOXES. 



We pass from the subdiurnal Aguara Dogs, by an 

 almost insensible degree, to the Aguara Foxes, whose 

 structure is more completely vulpine, having tdils 

 with brushes even larger and longer than those of 

 true foxes. They are equally low on the legs, 

 equally supple, with a fur nearly as abundant, and 

 kept very clean, with colours forming mixtures of 

 grey, buff, white, and black, the tip of the tail 

 always black ; but their eyes do not appear to 

 assume the vertical contraction with equal facility 

 or perfection, and they are thence more crepuscular 

 than nocturnal, prowling only in moonlight nights, 

 and keeping abroad till the sun becomes hot. They 

 can be domesticated, and it is believed will form 

 cross breeds with the Dusky on and Canis fami- 

 liaris. 



