CANIS. 465 
Alopex Kaup. Entw.-Gesch. & Naturl. Syst. Europ. Thierw.., 1, 
O20, Pp. 03. 
Lyciscus H. Smith, in Jard., Nat. Libr. Mamm., 1x, 1839, pp. 
160-166. 
Leucocyon Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1868, p. 561. 
Neocyon Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1868, p. 506. 
Nose long, tapering; jaws elongate; postorbital processes short; 
orbit open posteriorly; braincase lengthened, compressed anteriorly; 
claws short, blunt, slightly curved; upper carnassial with a strong 
blade, the middle lobe conical, pointing backward, the anterior lobe 
nearly obsolete; lower carnassial with a bilobed blade, compressed, 
the hinder lobe the larger, with two cusps and a raised interior border. 
KEY TO; thik SPECKES: 
A. Size small; tail about half the length of body. 
a. Teeth large, heavy. PAGE 
a.’ Under surface of tail ochraceous; tip black..... C.lestes 465 
b.’ Under surface of tail fulvous; tip black. 
a.’ Rostrum thick; palate short, broad...... C. cagottis 466 
b.’” Rostrum longer; palate longer, wider. .C. peninsule 466 
ce. Rostrum) short; palate very broad: ...-- C. clepticus 467 
ce.’ Under surface of tail fulvous, basally 
VII BIS) een ea ener ante eter ae Ms 9 C. vigilis 467 
b. Teeth small. 
a Porearm bright orange: no black .......... C. mearnst 468 
Dee iGreakine pale wml VOUSt. 222.5 4 5-cisj.e a noses C. ampavidus 468 
c.’ Forearm mixed with black on upper side...C. microdon 469 
Cee OLe Aa EDOIME NOU. 2025 aie aot ae eens oe C. estor’ 469 
CeeploreanmdecpirulvOUs: 2 io.> 226. 5-122. alee C. ochropus 469 
B. Size large; tail longer than half the body with- 
OuLemmead: COlOCrS= Variable... <. 26a gt ene ws C. mexicanus 471 
465. lestes (Canis), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x1, 1897, p. 25. 
Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 301. 
RoBBER CoyoTeE. Coyote in Spanish America for all small wolves. 
Type locality. 'Toyabe Mountains, near Cloverdale, Nye County, 
Nevada. 
Geogr. Distr. Northern Mexico probably, through Arizona and 
New Mexico to Washington and Southern British Columbia. 
Genl. Char. Size medium; ears and tail large; color similar to 
that of C. latrans. Skull and teeth medium. 
Color. Muzzle pale cinnamon rufous; top of head grizzled gray 
and ochraceous; crown, nape, and ears fulvous; rest of upper parts 
