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bushy; pupils round? mammse six. Habits 

 subdiurnal and nocturnal ; solitary, campestral. 



Clirysoq/on juhatus, Canis jubatus, Desm. ; Canis cam- 

 pestris, "Wied.; Aguara Guazu, Maned Aguara. 



Section IX. — Dusicyon^ Aguara Dogs. Forms be- 

 tween the Avolf and fox ; body bulky ; legs short ; 

 tail medial, tip white ; eyes oblique, pupils 

 round ? burrow ; more social, more placable ; eat 

 fish, crabs, birds, &c.; swim well; subdiurnal. 



DusicT/on canescens. Nob., Hoary Aguara Dog; Canis 



Thous? Link. 

 Z). Antarcticus, C. Antarcticus, Auct.; Falkland Island 



Aguara. 

 D. silvestris. Nob., Aguara of the Woods ; Chien des bois. 

 D.fulvipes, Vulpes fulvipes, Martin; Culpew molina. 



Section X. — Cerdocyon, Aguara Foxes. Form of 

 foxes : very large brushes ; rather low on the 

 legs ; nose very pointed ; pupils vertically con- 

 tractile with difficulty ; fur soft, abundant ; li- 

 very mixtures of greys, buff, white, and black ; 

 tip of tail black ; subnocturnal ; placable. 



Cerdonjon mesoleucus. 



C. Guaraxa. 



C. AzarcB, C. eancrivorous is the young. 



C Magellanicus. 



All the foregoing sections present species more 

 or less liable to intermix with domestic doo-s. 



