505 DR. J. K. GRAY ON THE CAN1D.«. [Jlllie 25, 



5. SiMENIA. 



Head elongate ; nose very slender, elongate. Skull with a very 

 slender elongate nose ; the premolars small and very far apart. 



1. SiMENiA siMENSis. Abyssiniau Wolf. (Fig. 4, p. 5U5.) B.M. 



Cunis simeiisis, Riij)pell, Abyss. Fauna, t. 14 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 

 B.M. 58 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Boues of Mamm. 82. 

 Ilab. Abyssinia {Kiippell, type in B. M.). 

 Skull 1 G2 a (fig. 4) Length 7 inches 9 lines. Coronal ridge linear. 



G. Chrysocyon. 



Head very long; nose slender. Pupils round. Tail short, reach- 

 ing only to the hocks. 



Skull elongate ; nose very long, slender ; coronal crest single, 

 linear; postorbital process thick, convex above, bent down at the 

 tip. Premolars approximate, large. Sectorial tooth in the same 

 line as the other teeth. Internal j)alate narrow. 



Chrysocijon, Ham. Smith, Dogs ; Burmeister, Faun. Bias. 24. 



* Upper sectorial tooth rfi.o:lei-ate. Chrysocyon. 



1. Chrysocyon jubata. Guara. B.M. 



Canis mexicanus, Sonn. Nouv. Diet. vi. 505 (not Linn.). 



Canis jubatus, Desin. Mamm. IDS; Burm. Faun. Brasil. t. 21, 

 t. 26. f. ■]. 



Chrysocyon jubatus, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 89. 



Canis campestris, Pr. Max. Beitr. ii. 3.'54, u. I ; Blainv. Osteogr. 

 t. 7 (skull). 



Lmip rouge, Cuv. R. A. i. 154, iv. t. L 



llab. South America (solitary); Paraguay {Asaray, Brazil (Pr. 

 Max.) ; Buenos Ayres. 



** Ujyper sectorial tooth transverse, very lurye. Neocyon. 



2. Chrysocyon latrans. Prairie-Wolf. Coyote. B.M. 



jNIuzzle short, like that of a Fox; tail short, like a Wolf's. 



Skull 1/1 a very like Lupus anthus ; but nose longer and more 

 slender. 



Canis latrans. Say, in Long's Exped. i. 1 G8 ; And. & Bachm. N. A . 

 Quad. ii. 150, t. 71, 1829; Baird, Mamm. N. A. 113; Gerrard, 

 Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 85 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 58 ; Blainv. 

 (Jsteogr. t. 7 (skull). 



Vulpes velox, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of jNLimm. n. 1 2.37 a. 



Var. Small. C. frustror, Woodhouse, Proc. Ac. N. S. Philad. 

 V. 147 (1850), V. 157 (1851). 

 Small Wolves, Dupretz. 

 Burrowing Dog, Lewis & Clark. 



