114 ANIMALS OF THE 



Mr Bruce under the name of El Fennec. It is 

 about ten inches long from the snout to the tail ; 

 the tail near five inches and a quarter, and about 

 half an inch of it black at the tip. From the 

 point of the fore-shoulder to the point of the 

 fore-toe it is two inches and seven-eighths ; from 

 the occiput to the point of the nose, two inches 

 and a half; and the ears are three inches and 

 three-eighths in length, and about an inch and 

 a half in breadth, with the cavities very large. 

 They are doubled, and have a plait on the out- 

 side ; the border of the inside is thick and cover- 

 ed with white soft hair, the middle part being 

 bare and of a rose or pink colour. The pupil of 

 the eye is large and black, surrounded with a 

 deep blue iris ; the mustachoes are thick and 

 strong ; the tip of the nose is very sharp, black, 

 and polished. There are four grinders on each 

 side of the mouth, six fore-teeth in each jaw, and 

 the upper jaw projected beyond the lower one. 

 The canine teeth are large, long, and very sharp- 

 pointed ; the legs small, and the feet broad, with 

 four toes armed with short, black, sharp retractile 

 claws ; those on the fore-feet being sharper than 

 those behind. The whole body of the animal is 

 of a dirty white, approaching to cream-colour : 

 the hair of the belly rather whiter, longer, and 

 softer than the rest, with a number of paps upon 

 it. 



Mr Bruce obtained one of these animals by 

 means of a Turkish foot-soldier returned from 

 Biscara, a southern district of Mauritania Caesa- 

 riensis, now called the Province of Constantina. 



