INTEODUCTION. 



spoken of as the Neotropical Region, and the rest of America as the 

 Nearctic, but it will be more convenient for us to divide America 

 into North and South by the Isthmus of Panama. 



Apajt from the three forms common to both worlds, three species 

 are thus North-American, and nine are South- American. Only one, 

 the Dingo, is Australian. 



Thus the species may be arranged in lists as follows, those with an 

 asterisk being found in two or more categories: 



NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



Canis lupus. 



C. simensis. 



C. latrans. 



C. aureus. 



C. anthus. 



C. mesomelas*. 



C. adustus *. 



C. virginianus. 



C. vulpes. 



C. velox. 



C. lagopus. 



C. corsac. 



C. ferrilatus. 



C. leucopus. 



C. bengalensis. 



C. canus. 



C. procyonoides. 



C. pallidus. 



C. famelicus. 



C. zerda. 



Cyon javanicus *. 



Cy. alpinus. 



Lycaon pictus*. 



OLD WORLD. 



Canis lupus *. 

 C. simensis. 

 C. aureus. 

 C. anthus. 



SODTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



Cauis jubatus. 

 C. magellanicus. 

 C. cancrivorus. 

 C. microtis. 

 C. azarse. 

 C. mesomelas *. 

 C. adustus *. 

 C. parvidens. 

 C. urostictus. 

 C. chama. 

 C. dingo. 



Cyon javanicus*. 

 Icticyon venaticus. 

 Lycaon pictus*. 

 Otocyon megalotis. 



NEW WORLD. 



Canis lupus*. 

 C. jubatus. 

 C. antarcticus. 

 C. latrans. 



