18GS.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANIDjE. 4!)/ 



very broad ; internal nasal opening broad. Postorbital process thick, 

 convex above, bent down at the end. Teeth 42 ; false grinders ^-^ ; 

 sectorial ^ ; molars |^ ; the upper and lower premolars acutely 

 dentated on the front and, especially, on the hinder edge ; upper 

 sectorial teeth strong, elongate, trigonal, broad, with a small but 

 well-marked interior lobe in front. First upper tubercular tooth 

 large, with a broad rounded internal lobe ; the second upper tuber- 

 cular oblong transverse, much smaller ; lower hinder tubercular very 

 small, cylindrical. 



This group is intermediate between the Hyaena and the Dog. 

 The manner of copulation is said to be different from the Dog's, and 

 similar to that of the Hyaena. 



1. Lycaon vENATicus. Simur or Mcbbra. (Fig. 1, p. 496.) B.M. 



Kynos pictus, Riippell. 



Lycaon tricolor, Brooks. 



L. typicus, A. Smith. 



L. venaticus, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 67; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones 

 in B. M. 90. 



Canis aureus, Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Petersb. iii. 302. 



Hycena picta, Temm. Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. iii. 54, t. 35; Kuhl, 

 Beitr. 75. 



H. venatica, Burch. Travels, i. 456 ; fig. ii. 222, 232. 



Chien hyeno'ide, Cuv. Oss. Foss. iv. 386. 



HytE7ia Dog, Griffith, A. K. 



Canis tricolor, Griffith, A. K. v, 288, t. 



C. ptictus, Desm. Mamm. Suppl. 338 ; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 8 

 (skull), t. 9 (teeth). 



Var. ? Canis pictus, Cretsch. in Riippell's Atlas, 35, t. 12. 

 Hab. Africa : Cape of Good Hope {Burchell) (called Mebbra) ; 

 East Africa, Cordofan (Riippell) (called Simur). 



Subfam. 2. Canina. 



Head more or less elongate ; nose tapering. Teeth moderate. 

 Palate elongate. 



A. Wolves. Tail short, straight, bushy, not reaching beloiv the heel, 



* Head short. Skull elongate. Teeth 3S ; tubercular grinders ^^^ 



rarely ^^ or ■^. 



2. ICTICYON. 



Head short, broad. Teeth 38 ; false grinders 3.3 in each jaw ; 

 flesh-teeth large, three-lobed ; upper with a small internal lobe on 



the front edge ; the lower sharp-edged ; tubercular grinders -^^ ; 



upper large, triangular, transverse ; lower small, circular ; false 



■ 1 3—3 



grniders ^^^j. 



