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possesses it in a much less prominent degree. ..." (Prichard, /. c, 

 pp. 244, 245.) 



"This is the animal locally known as the Cordillera fox. I have else- 

 where touched upon its strongest characteristic of courage, and also the 

 dread it inspires among horses. It is, of course, a much larger animal 

 than the pampa fox, which latter can wander about among the troop with- 

 out causing any disturbance. A single Cordillera wolf will attack young 

 huemules as well as the young of the guanaco. Although found in the 

 forest, this animal also frequents the plains at the foothills of the Cordil- 

 lera. Personally I never observed it farther east than the River Fenix. 

 In the one case that came under my observation, when sheep had been 

 brought within its range, its depredations among them were considerable. 



"The measurements which I made of three of these animals were as 

 follows : Female killed at the River Fenix, Lake Buenos Aires, thirty- 

 nine inches ; dog-wolf killed at the same place, forty-one inches ; dog- 

 wolf killed at the Lake Argentino, forty-one inches. These measurements 

 were taken from the teeth to the end of the tail directly after the shooting 

 of the animals. 



"When with young the Cordillera wolf, indeed I may say the Cordil- 

 lera wolves, both male and female, will run growling towards man if he 

 attempts to approach their litter. As far as could be judged from an 

 examination of the lair of one, their bill of fare is very varied. There 

 were the remains of many kinds of birds, as well as the bones of the 

 young of guanaco and huemul." (Prichard, /. c, p. 259.) 



Family FELID^. 



According to Lahille^ ten species of Felidae occur as far south as the 

 Argentine Republic, of which two are of doubtful status as Argentine 

 species. Including the two Patagonia forms now recognized of the old 

 Felis concolor group, four species of Lahille's list reach southern Pata- 

 gonia. 



In addition to these, the Jaguar [Felis onca Linn.) extends southward, 

 according to authors, to northern Patagonia, ranging formerly to the Rio 



' Ensayo sobre la distribucion geografica de los mamiferos en la Republica Argentina. For el 

 Doctor F. Lahille. Congr. cient. Lat. Amer., 1898, III (1899), pp. 165-206, with map. Felid^, 

 pp. 177-179- 



