1808. J DR. J. K. GRAY ON THE CANIU/E. 501 



4. Lupus. Wolf. 



Head moderate, elongate; nose moderate, tapering. Upper pre- 

 molars slightly separated. 



1. Lupus vulgaris. European Wolf. B.M. 



Cams lupus, Linn. Fauna Suecica, 3 ; Syst. Nat. i. 58 ; Gerrard, 

 Cat. of Bones of Manim. 84. 



Lvjms vulgaris, Brisson, R. A. 235. 



Lupus sijlvestris, Aldrov. Digit. 173, fig. 



Wolf, Pennant. 



Loup, Buffon, H. N. vii. 39, t. 3 (skull). 



Loup d' Europe (C lupus), Blainv. Osteogr. t. 3 (skeleton), t. 6 

 (skull). 



Hab. Europe, France {B.M). 



Far. Black. Black Wolf. 



Canis lycaon, Erxleben, Syst. 5G0 ; Schreber, Siiugeth. 353, t. 89. 



C. lupus niger, Herm. Obs. Zool. 32. 



Loup noir, Buffon, H. N. ix. 362, t. 41 ; F. Cuv. Mamni. Lith. t. 



Black Wolf, Shaw. 



Hab. Europe, Pyrenees. 



2. Lupus chanco. The Chanco or Golden Wolf. B.M. 



Fur fulvous, on the back longer, rigid, with intermixed black and 

 grey hairs ; the throat, chest, belly, and inside of the legs pure 

 white. Head pale grey-brown ; forehead grizzled with short black 

 and grey hairs. Length of the body and head 42, tail 15 inches. 

 Skull 8j inches long. 



Canis chanco. Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 94; Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 ser. 3. xii. p. 4/5. 



1 Lupus laniger, Hodgson, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1847. 



Hab. Chinese Tartary {Lieut. W. P. Hodnell, B.M.). 



The skull 1422 a is that of a normal European Wolf and about 

 the same size (but the nose is longer, rather more slender) ; and the 

 teeth, as well as the shape of the skull, are very similar to those of 

 that animal. Two small grinders below behind the canines. 



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3. Lupus occidentalis. American Wolf. B,M. 



Skull — forehead convex, rounded ; internal nostrils broad in front 

 and narrow behind. 



Canis lupus griseus et albas, Sabine, Journ. 654 ; Aud. & Bachm. 

 N. A. Quad. iii. 276, 1854. 



Canis lupus occidentalis, var. c/riseus et albus, Richard. F. Bor.- 

 Am. i. 66, 1829. 



C. occidentalis, Dekay, Z. N. Y. i. 42, t. 27. f. 2; S. Baird, 

 Mamm. N. A. 105 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 84. (Skull 

 165 e.) 



C. variabilis, Pr. Max. Reise N. A. ii. 95, 1841. 



f. Lupus gigas, Townsend, Journ. Acad. N. S. Phil. ii. 7^, 1850. 

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