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THE KOKREE. 
Cynalopex kokree. 
The Kokree of the Mahrattas.—Canis Kokree of Col. Sykes. 
WE place this animal here, as most likely a con- 
gener if not a variety of the Corsac. It is described 
as a handsome species, much smaller than the com- 
mon fox. The head short ; muzzle very sharp; the 
eyes oblique; the indes nut brown; the legs slen- 
der; tail trailing on the ground and very bushy ; 
the colour along the back and on the forehead fawn, 
each hair having a white ring near the tip; the 
back, neck, between the eyes, along the sides, and 
half-way down the tail, reddish grey, each hair 
being banded with black and reddish white; the 
Jegs reddish outside, reddish white inside ; chin and 
throat dirty white; ears externally dirty brown, 
the fur appearing as short as velvet; the edges of 
the eyelids black ; muzzle brown; length twenty- 
two inches ; tail eleven inches and a half. (Sykes.} 
