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all four legs are mostly of a uniform tawny tint. The Coyote is really 

 a much more slender animal than it appears to be, on account of the 

 long and copious coat with which its body is clothed. 



Habitat. From the south of Costa Rica to Canada, in at least 55 

 N. lat. 



Centimeters. 



Length from snout to root of tail 9.2'0 to 101 



of tail . 32-0 



from heel to end of longest digit 18'0 



of ear 14*0 



Skeletal and Dental Characters. 



The skull possesses no distinctive characters, nor have we been able 

 to detect any in the shape of the teeth. 



Centimeters. 



Length of cervical vertebrae 16*0 



dorsal 21*5 



lumbar 18'0 



sacral 3*5 



caudal 36'0 



Length from front of atlas to hinder end of sacrum . . 59'0 



Length of pectoral limb 44'5 



pelvic 51-0 



humerus lo'O 



radius 15'2 



femur 16'5 



tibia 17-0 



index metacarpal 5*6 



third 6-6 



metacarpal of pollex 3*0 



whole pollex 3'4 



last phalanx of third digit (mamis) .... 1'4 



index metatarsal 6'85 



metatarsal of hallux I'l 



whole hallux 1'9 



last phalanx of third digit (pes) 1'3 



Length from basion to ovalion 2*6 



. to sphenoideum 4'3 



sphenoideum to gnathion 12'5 



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