CANIS. 125 



Family Canidae. Dogs, Wolves, Foxes. 



Genus Canis (114). 



Canis lycaon Schreber. 



Canis lycaon Schreb., Saugth., 1776; pi. Ixxxix. 

 Type locality. Eastern Canada. 



Canis tundrarum Miller. 



Canis tundrarum Miller, Smith Misc. Coll., LIX, 1912, No. 15, p. i. 



Type locality. Point Barrow, Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Larger than C. lycaon; rostrum and palate narrower 

 than C. nubilus. Smaller in size than the Timber Wolf. 



Color. No skin obtained; skull only. 



Measurements. Skull: Total length, 254; occipito-nasal length, 

 217; Hensel, 221; zygomatic width, 147.9; intertemporal width, 

 41.7; length of nasals, 90.6; width of rostrum between premolars, 

 second and third, 46.4; palatal length, 128.8; greatest width of palate, 

 63.2; length of upper molar series, 92; length of mandible, 190; length 

 of lower molar series, 96.9. Ex type in United States National 

 Museum . 



Canis gigas (Townsend). 



Lupus gigas Towns., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1850, p. 75. 



Canis gigas Miller, Smith. Misc. Coll. LIX, 1912, p. 3. 



Type locality. Near Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. 



Canis jamesi Townsend. 



Canis jamesi Towns., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXI, 1912, p. 

 130. 



Type locality. Tiburon Island, Gulf of California. 



Genl. Char. Colors pale, similar to C. estor but more buff. 



Color. Entire top of nose cinnamon-rufous; top of head and 

 cheeks ivory yellow, almost white with many black hairs intermingled, 

 most conspicuous on top of head; nape and outer side of ears pale 

 cinnamon; broken black line from nape to rump on middle of dorsal 

 region; rest of upperparts whitish with black hairs intermingled 

 throughout, occasionally forming spots or streaks; outer side of limbs 

 buffy, growing paler on feet; sides of neck buffy; flanks and under- 

 parts whitish, tinged with buffy on middle of belly; inner side of fore 

 legs buff; inner side of hind legs whitish; tail above at base like 



