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white. The Indians named it aguarra, an appella- 
tion we shall find in the sequel applied to several 
species. 
This lyciscus measured about twenty-four inches 
at the shoulder, resembled a common wolf, but had 
a muzzle and the ears proportionably shorter; the 
body appeared to be rather long and robust, com- 
pared with the height; the nose, cheeks, and limbs, 
to the carpus and tarsus, were buff; the forehead, 
neck, and back, clear grey ; all the hair rather hard to 
the touch; the rest as before stated. In the Animal 
Kingdom, Baron Cuvier describes as a wolf, under 
the name of “ The Mexican,” one that can be no 
other than this species; and we have little doubt 
but that the Cuyota or “ Jackal Fox” of Captain 
Belcher, observed by him on the banks of the Sacra- 
mento river, in California, about 37 deg. 43 min. 
north, and 122 deg. west, is again the same animal, 
notwithstanding that by the compound name of 
jackal-fox given to it, seems to imply a smaller 
species. 
The grey wolf-like lycisci of the old continent, 
which seem to correspond to the Z. datrans and Ca- 
gottts of the’new, are still less known than the first 
mentioned, but we refer to this group the Jungle 
Koola, Lyciscus tigris of Smith, because it may be 
this species which caused all the rumours of the 
ancients concerning the tiger-dogs of India being 
the hybrid produce of domestic bitches with wild 
tigers, and of such indomitable ferocity, that only 
the third generation could be reared and trained 
