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FULVOUS-TAILED DOG-FOX. 
Cynalopex chrysurus, GREY. 
TE length of this animal is twenty-three inches and 
a half; the tail ten inches. The fur pale foay-brown, 
varied with black-tipped rigid white hairs, most 
abundant on the sides, and only scattered on the 
hinder parts of the back. Under fur soft, silky ; 
of the back, fulvous; of the sides, whitish; lead- 
coloured at the base. Cheeks, chin, throat, and 
belly, white: sides of the chest, internal surface of 
the legs, yellowish-white. Upper parts of the legs 
and subcaudal region bright reddish fulvous. Tail 
cylindrical, reaching nearly to the ground, pale 
yellow, with a dark brown tip and a large tuft of 
rather rigid hairs, placed over a gland, at its upper 
basal surface. Lars rather large, acute, grey, and 
edged with black externally ; internally whitish. 
Inhabits India. Specimen in the British Museum. 
The long hairs of the back are thin at the base, 
swell out and become stiff at the tip, each being 
marked with a broad blackish ring and a brown 
point. 
