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PROF. HUXLEY ON THE CRANIAL AND 



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far less developed ; hence the inferior contour of this part of the 

 jaw is not very much more prominent than it is in some of the 

 Jackals. 



I cannot distinguish the skull of this " C. fulvipes" from that 



Fig. 10. 



Dorsal view of the skull of C. fulvipes. 



figured by De BlainTille (' Osteographie,' Canis, pi. viii.) under the 

 name of Canis cancrivorus, from Cayenne — nor from the C. cancri- 

 vorus of Burmeister, which appears to he identical with the C. bra- 



