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THE ISATIS. 
Cynalopex insectivorus. 
Canis Bengalensis, Shaw.—Bengal Fox, Pennant.—Isatis of 
Buffon. 
Tuis animal, shown living in London, resembled 
the Corsac in all its proportions, and was only a 
little more robust in structure ; round the eyes there 
was a circle of white, the belly, lower part of the 
flanks, throat, breast, internal face of the thighs, 
and under surface of the tail were white; the nose, 
forehead, neck, back, shoulders, after part of the 
upper arm, hams, and upper surface of tail were 
grizzled reddish ochre and sooty colour, with the tips 
of the hairs white, excepting on the tail, where the 
white was more confined to the under surface, and 
tip black ; the ridge of the back was darkest, and 
the limbs were orange-tawny ; the irides yellow. 
In form it bore a close resemblance to the figure of 
the Isatis in Buffon, but wanted the bluish cast of 
colour which may be the livery of the Russian race. 
The manners of this species cannot well be traced, 
because the descriptions even in Gmelin’s account 
are mixed up with the Lagopus of the arctic circle. 
As this species is said to exist also in Nepal and 
