288 SYNOPSIS OP THE CANID^. 



sliculder thirty inches. Inhabit the northern he- 

 misphere from the Polar Seas to Central China, 

 and the Crishna in India, Northern Persia, Na- 

 tolia, Europe, Morocco ? in America to the Isth- 

 mus of Panama. 



Lupus vulr/aris. Nob., Can. lupus, Auct., tlie Common 



Wolf ; Lupus vulgaris of America. 

 L. lycaon, Auct., the BLick Wolf. 

 Z. nubihts ? the Dusky Wolf ; Canis variegatus, Wied. 

 L. Mexicamis, the Mexican Wolf. 



(Section II. — Lyciscus. Head broad, more arched, 

 muzzle pointed; eyes more approximate, less 

 oblique ; ears erect, pointed ; shoulder and croup 

 equal ; fur short ; tail bushy, tipt white ; dispo- 

 sition more placable ; stature about twenty-six 

 inches ; voice barking and howling ; burrows ; 

 gregarious. 



L. latrans, the Prairie Wolf of North America. 



L. cagottis, the Coyotl of Mexico ; Loup do Mexique, Cuv. 



L. tigris. Nob., the Jungle Koola. 



Section III. — Chryseus. Head broad, muzzle less 

 pointed, forehead rounder, ears erect, triangular; 

 eyes less oblique ; body long ; fur short ; tail 

 straight, with small, or scarcely any brush ; colour 

 fulvous; from muzzle to eyes, with the feet darker ; 

 shy, fierce, placable ; seldom burrow ; hunt in 

 troops ; bark ; .stature twenty-four inches, and 

 less ; mammas eii^ht ? Inhabit the wanner parts 

 of Asia, Africa, and the islands of Australia. 



Chryseus primcBviis^ the Buansu ; Canis pvimfsvus, Hodg. 

 C. Duk/mnemis, the Kolsun ; Canis Dukhunensis, Sykes ; 



the Beluel of Avieenna 

 C. scylax. Nob., the Dhole. 

 C. Ceylonicus^ Canis Cej'lonicus, Bodd. 



[The above four have the second tubercular tooth of 

 lower maxilla Avanting.] 



