THE PALE DOG-FOX. 
Cynalopex pallidus. 
PLATE XVII. 
Canis pallidus, Riippel. 
Dirrers little from the Indian before-mentioned. 
It is only twenty inches long, the tail ten inches, 
the ears two inches, and the height at the shoulder 
nine inches and a half. The fur in general is of a 
pale reddish buff; the under wool of the same, ex- 
cepting on the back, where the roots of it are 
greyish; the stronger hair covers the woolly en- 
tirely ; the nose, eyelids, and whiskers black ; irides 
bright brown ; ears middle sized, pointed, edged with 
whitish, naked within ; temples, throat, and inferior 
parts white; there is a buff band round the negk ; 
the tail, coloured like the back, is tipped with black 
and a dark spot at the root; the fore-feet are red- 
dish-brown, and the hinder partly of the same 
colour. Rippel found this animal in Darfur and 
Kordofan, burrowing under-ground, hunting by 
night ; it was seldom caught in traps. 
