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MAGELLANIC AGUARA FOX. 



Ctrdocyon MagcUanicus. 



PLATE XXX. 



Vulpes Magellanicus, Gray. — Canis Magellaiiicus, Zool. of the 

 Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle. 



The figure of this species is published in the above 

 cited work, but the letterpress has not as yet ap- 

 peared; we therefore refer to the dimensions and 

 description in Mr Gray's notice of MammaHa in 

 London's Magazine of Natural History, vol. i. page 

 577. It is there denominated Magellanic Fox, and 

 represented to be " greyish varied with black on 

 the back; the cross band on the nape and upper 

 part of the tail black; head pale yellowish; back 

 of the ears, nape, sides of the limbs, and under parts 

 of the tail bright fulvous ; chin, throat, chest, belly, 

 and front of legs white. Length of head eight 

 inches, body twenty inches, tail twelve inches. In- 

 habits Magellanic Straits. Presented to the Museum 

 by Captain King, R. N." The figure published by 

 Mr Darwin represents an animal in form resem- 

 bling the fox of Norway, being equally robust in 

 structure and low in stature ; the colours are light 



