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HOARY AGUARA DOG, 
Dusicyon canescens, Nos. 
PLATE XXII. 
Tus species we have seen domesticated among the 
Indians, who nevertheless asserted that it was wild 
to the southward; and some years after, we found 
a specimen in the museum of Baltimore,* stated to 
have been shot some degrees to the south of the 
river Plate. It was about two feet eight inches in 
length, the tail nearly eleven inches, and the height 
at the shoulder fifteen or sixteen inches.t The head 
was terminated by a sharp black muzzle, the edges 
of the lips were black, the laniary teeth rather 
slender, long, and sharp; there was a very large 
wart with several bristles on each cheek; the ears 
small, pointed, and hairy; the eyes high up in the 
head; the body full and long; mamme not all 
visible ; the legs strong and close haired ; five toes 
* The sketch and the notes were among the materials col- 
lected by us in the United States ; but there may be an error 
in the name above given, as a great number of subjects were 
copied at Philadelphia, New York, and other places, about the 
same time. 
+ These measurements are approximations only, because the 
specimen, when drawn, was in a glass case. 
