xii INTRODUCTION. 



ETHIOPIC AFRICAN FORMS. 



Canis simensis, C. anthus, C. mesomelas, C. adustus, C. vulpes, C. chama, 

 C. pallidus, C. famelicus, C. zerda, Lycaon pictus, and Otocyori 

 megalotis. 



Ethiopic African forms also found in the Palaarctic Region. 

 C. anthus, C. vulpes, C. famelicus, C. zerda. 



FORMS OF THE INDIAN REGION 

 (i. e. in Hindostan and South-eastern Asia). 



C. lupus, C. aureus, C. vulpes, C. bengalensis, C. canus, Cyon javanicus. 



AUSTRALIAN REGION. 

 C. dingo. 



NORTH AMERICA. 

 C. lupus, C. latrans, C. virginianus, C. vulpes, C. velox, C. lagopus. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



C. jubatus, C. antarcticus, C. magellanicus, C. cancrivorus, C. microtis, 

 C. azarae, C. parvidens, C. urostictus, Icticyon javanicas. 



VJi^fili (2 w.^ &.i 



Form common to Europe, N. America, Palaarctic Asia and Africa, 

 and to the Indian Region. 



C. vulpes. 

 These facts may be expressed in a tabular form, as follows : 



