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WHITE-BARRED AGUARA FOX. 
Cerdocyon mesoleucus, NoBIS. 
PLATE XXVII. 
WE place at the head of the present group a speci- 
men whieh is marked in some measure like the 
Thous mesomelas of the Cape, and is imtermediate 
between the last group and the present. It was 
kept during the space of about four years in the 
house of a friend residing near Plymouth, where 
opportunities were frequent of watching its charac- 
ter and manners; and being a great favourite with 
the owner, who is familiar with field sports, and 
therefore qualified to judge with discrimination, we 
learn that in most respects it was as playful as a 
young fox, having all the vivacity and dexterity of 
that species. It was perfectly tame and good-tem- 
pered; but in no instance was the eye observed 
otherwise than with a circular pupil, and it was 
quite destitute of all offensive odour. The specimen 
measured twenty-eight inches in length, the tail 
eleven inches, standing high on the legs, with slen- 
der limbs and small feet, and the whole structure 
remarkably light; the incisor teeth were small and 
the canines were slender, and never greatly exceeded 
the length of the external incisors; the whiskers, 
bristles on the cheeks and above the eyes, were long 
