THE LONG-EARED OTOCYON* 



THIS animal lias some resemblance in external appearance to a fox, and the toes are in number, form, 



and position, as they are in that creature. But it differs from all the known Cnnidae, by having in the 

 upper jaw seven molars, and in the lower, eight ; of these, three are false molars, and four have the 



THK FKNNKC AND OTOCYON. 



crown formed into real grin "era; below the false molars are 'bur, then follows a small imperfect 

 carnassier, and behind it three tub jrcular teeth ; the canines are slender, and, along with the incisors, 

 inclined forward. The ears are very broad, and little shorter than the head, open, erect, folded at the 

 edges, and somewhat square in figure ; 

 they are whitish within, gray at the 

 back, and edged with black, bordered by 

 white on the inner surface ; the heail is 

 round, tlio muzzle rather obtuse, blackish 

 on the nose and cheeks ; the forehead, 

 neck, shoulders, and hams, dark slaty- 

 gray, with a slight intermixture of buff; 

 the throat and breast dirty whitish gray ; 

 the limbs black, and the tail nearly as 

 long as that of a fox. 



THE CYNHV.KXA.t 



Tins animal has sometimes been descri- 

 bed as a hyiena ; but, in its teeth, as 



well as in other respects, it, resembles TKKTII OK CYXHY.KNA. 



the C'iiiti</ii; ami appears generally unlike the creature with which it has been associated. It 



* Mc^alotis Lalandii. H. Smith. Cnnis megnlotis t F. Cnvier. 



