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INDIAN WOLF. 



Canis i)alUiies. 



French : Loup des Indes. German : Ostindischer 

 Wolf. 



This Wolf is about 4 feet in length, and inhabits 

 India, Cashmere, Nepaul, etc. 



The colour is of the usual grey hue of the Wolf, but, 

 generally speaking, much lighter. The fur is dense 

 from the northern districts, but further south the coat is 

 chiefly composed of short, harsh, bristly hair. It has 

 a lanky and hungry appearance. 



Six thousand seven hundred and twenty-five were 

 killed in British India in 1886. 



Very few skins are imported. 



The Indian W^olf is said to breed occasionally with the 

 village dogs. 



PEAIEIE WOLF, OE COYOTE. 



Canis latrans. 



The Coj'ote is smaller than the foregoing species or 

 varieties of Wolves, and is found in man}- States of the 

 North American Eepublic, such as Montana, Wyoming, 

 Colorado, Texas, and is also tolerably abundant in the 

 Manitoba and South districts of the Hudson's Bay 

 Comj^any. 



The colour of the Prairie Wolf is grey, or dark 

 grizzly, with black tops. The tail is tijjped with black, 

 but occasionally is white. The ears are large for its 

 size, usually reddish and tipped with black. The under- 

 ground of the fur is blue, and specimens are sometimes 

 found of an ordinary brown colour. The fur is rather 

 long, harsh, and dense. 



