CRABODAGO AGUARA FOX. 



Cerd<^yon Azaras. 



PLATE XXIX. 



Canis Azarse, Prince Maximilian of Wied. 



This variety, belonging to the plains and woods of 

 Brazil and Paraguay south of the equinoctial line, 

 but spreading partially to the north of it, is similar 

 in general form, resembling an European fox, but 

 with the head more like a Thous, the neck less 

 implanted between the shoulders, and the brush less 

 furnished with long hair, the fur on the body is 

 pale yellowish grey, on the back being mixed with 

 black; a black streak on the shins, the rest buff; 

 the tip of the lips white ; under jaw dark brownish 

 grey, and inferior parts whitish ; the tip of the tail 

 black. The length from nose to tail is about twenty- 

 three inches, the tail fourteen inches, the ears two 

 inches. 



The animals of this species, found more to the 

 southward, and represented in the Zoology of the 

 Beagle, appear by the figure published in the second 

 number to be nearly black on the ridge of the back 

 and tail, excepting towards the extremity, where a 



