332 FENNEC. 



probably for the convenience of surprising water- 

 fowl, on which it principally lives. It is a tame, 

 fetid animal, and barks in the manner of a Dog. 



FEN NEC. 



Canis? Zerda. C. albida, cauda recta, aiifibus amplissimis erect is 

 intits roseis. 



Whitish Dog? with strait tail, and very large upright ears, in- 

 ternally rose-coloured. 



Canis Cerdo. C. cauda recta, corpore pallido, auriculis roseis 

 creeds prcelong is. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. *}$. 



The Fennec. Bruce trav. vol. 5. p. 128. 



Animal Anonyme. Buff, suppl. 3. p. 148. pi. 19. 



Zerda. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 267. 



THE Fennec or Zerda is a beautiful African and 

 Asiatic animal, and is principally found in Arabia. 

 Its general length is about ten inches, and its co- 

 lour yellowish-white. The ears, which are un- 

 commonly large, are internally of a bright rose- 

 colour, edged with a broad margin of white hair, 

 and the tip of the tail is black. An original 

 drawing of the Fennec, in the possession of Mr. 

 Bruce, was by him communicated to the Count de 

 Buffon, and was inserted in the supplemental part 

 of the Natural History of that celebrated author. It 

 seems singular that an animal which is said to be 

 by no means uncommon in many parts of the East, 

 should be still unknown in European Museums. 

 With respect to its real nature, and proper situa- 

 tion in systematic arrangement, perhaps no true de- 

 termination can yet be made. On this subject Mr. 



