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4. VtrLPES VARIEGATA. Schom or Aba. B.M. 



Canis varieffatus, Ti{ip\->e\],Zoo\. Atlas, 3\, t. 10; Ehienb. Symb. 

 Phys. t. ; Gray, L^st Mainni. B. M. 59. 



C. mesomelas, var., Kiippell, Cat. Mus. 



Hah. Upper Egypt and Nubia, called " Abu Schom " by the Arabs 

 {Riippell). 



5. VuLPES MESOMELAS. Teulie. B.M. 



Canis mesomelas, Ehreub. Saugeth. 3/0, t. 95; Gray, List Mamm. 

 B. M. 58. 



C. variegatvs, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Jouni. 30. 



Jackal, Kolbe, Besch. des Vorgeb. d. g. Iloifii. 150. 



Cape Jackal, Shaw. 



Renard clu Cap, Cuv. R. A. i. 158. 



Hab. South and East Africa : Cape of Good Hope {Kolbe) ; 

 Abyssinia {Riippell). 



*** Large. Asiatic. 



G. VuLPES FLAVESCENS. The Persian Fox. B.M. 



Skull — crown-line of adult narrow linear, of young tapering back- 

 wards to occiput. 



Vulpes flavescens. Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1843, xi. 118; 

 List of Mamm. B. M. GO ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 86. 

 Ilah. India, Salt Range {Oldham). 

 Skulls 1175«, b, c. Length 5 inches, width 2|. 



7. Vulpes Montana. Hill-Fox. B.M. 



Vulpes montanus, Pearson, J. A. Sue. Beng. 183G, p. 313; Gray, 

 List Mamm. B. M. 195 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 86. 



V. nepaulensis. Gray, Mag. N. H. 183/. 



Canis himalaicus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 183; Eoyle, TUnst. 

 Cashmere, t. (B. M.). 



Hab. Nepal {Rev. R. Eiving) ; Thibet. 



Skull l/Gff. 



8. Vulpes griffithsii. 



Vulpes griffithsii, Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng. 1854, p. 729. 

 Hab. Afghanistan. 



**** Small. Asiatic. 



9. Vulpes ferrilatus. B.M. 



Vulpes ferrilatus, Hodgson. 

 Hab. Thibet. 



10. Vulpes leucopus. B.^L 



Vulpes leucopus, Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng. 1854, p. 729. 

 Hab. North-west India ; Moultan. 



