466 CANIS. 
grayish buffy mixed with black; under parts whitish tinged with buff 
on belly; ruff tipped with black; fore and hind legs buffy ochraceous 
on outer side, whitish on inner side, and also on the hind feet; tail 
broadly tipped with black, white beneath on basal third, ochraceous 
on remainder, the hairs tipped with black towards the black tip. 
Measurements. Total length, 1116; tail vertebrz, 320; hind foot, 
200. Skull: basal length, 170; Hensel, 166; zygomatic breadth, 102; 
palatal length, 88; mastoid breadth, 62; length of crown of upper 
sectorial, 21.5. 
466. cagottis (Canis), H. Smith, in Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm., 
1839, p. 164. 
SMITH’S COYOTE. 
Type locality. Rio Frio, between City of Mexico and Puebla, 
Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. States of Mexico and Oaxaca, Mexico, and probably 
in others; range not determined. 
Genl. Char. Similar to C. peninsule, but larger and more red. 
Color. Upper parts mixed fulvous, buff, and black; nose ferru- 
gineous; crown, nape, and ears fulvous; outer side of legs and feet 
fulvous; inner side of hind legs white; tail with black-tipped hairs, 
under side basally white, remainder fulvous. 
Measurements. Total length, 1132; tail vertebre, 304; hind foot, 
195. Skull: basal length, 164; Hensel, 160; zygomatic width, 98; 
palatal length, 84; mastoid breadth, 59; length of upper sectorial, 
crown, 21. 
467. peninsulz (Camis), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x1, 1897, 
p. 28. 
LOWER CALIFORNIA COYOTE. 
Type locality. Santa Anita, Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, 
Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to C.ochropus of California in size, but 
darker. 
Color. Upper parts mixed ochraceous and black; top of head 
mixed grayish fulvous and black; nose rufous; collar mixed buff and 
black; legs and feet fulvous; under parts pale fulvous and black; tail 
beneath white basally, then fulvous, and hairs black-tipped. 
Measurements. Total length, about 1100; tail vertebre, 300; hind 
foot, 180. Skull: basal length, 169; Hensel, 167; zygomatic width, 
99; palatal length, 90; mastoid breadth, 57; crown of upper sec- 
torial, 20.5. 
