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THE SMALL-EARED DOG. 



CANIS MICE OTIS. 

 Cants microtis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 631, pi. 47. 



THIS interesting and seemingly peculiar species of Canidce was made 

 known to science through a living individual which came to the Gardens 

 of the Zoological Society from the Amazons, in September 1882, and 

 was described, named, and figured in the ' Proceedings ' of the Society 

 by Dr. Sclater, F.R.S. 



After its death it was deposited in the British Museum, and the 

 skin of this unique specimen and type of the species we have had 

 represented (Plate XVI.), as well as its skull. 



When alive the animal stood about fourteen inches high over the 

 shoulders. The nose is rather elongated and pointed, but the ears, as 

 its names implies, are remarkably short. 



The fur is short and close, and generally of a dark iron-grey ; the 

 hairs, which are black at their tips, being white towards their base. 

 The limbs and tail are nearly black. The ears are of a rufous colour 

 both internally and externally, but there are some whitish hairs within. 

 The snout is also of a rufous colour. The tail is bushy, and there 

 is a curious round patch of while underneath it, near its root. 



Habitat. Banks of the Amazons. 



Centimeters. 



Length from snout to root of tail 78'0 



of tail 27-0 



from heel to tip of longest digit 13'0 



.. of ear . ... 3*4 



