522 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID^. [June 25, 



moderate, ovate, swollen. Upper tubercular grinders large, long and 

 broad. 



Urocyon, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 121. 



1. Urocyon virginianus. Grey Fox. B.M. 



Skulls 179 a, b, c, d, e, female adult. 



Canis virginianus, Erxl. S. R. A. 567, 1777 (from Catesby). 



C. vulpes virginianus, Rich. F. B. A. i. 96, 1827. 



Vulpes virginianus, Dekay, N. T. Zool. i. 45, t. 7. f. 2, 1842; 

 Aud. & Bachm. N. A. Quad. i. 162, t. 21. 



Canis cinereo-argenteus, Erxl. S. R. A. 576, 1/77; Schreber, 

 Saugeth. 360, t. 92, 1778. 



C. griseus, Bodd. Elench. Anim. i. 97, 1784. 



Grey Fox, Catesby, Carol, ii. 78, t. 78, 1/31 ; Pennant. 



Corsak Fox, Penn. Quadr. 235, 1781 (not Linn.). 



Vulpes {Urocyon) virginianus, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 138. 



Fulvous-necked Fox, Shaw. 



Renard tricolore, Cuv. R. A. i. 155. 



Hab. North America. 



2. Urocyon littoralis. Coast- Fox, or Short-tailed Fox. 



Tail one-third the length of the body, with a concealed mane of 

 stiff hairs and with a black stripe above. Fur above hairy and 

 black ; sides of neck, fore legs, and lower part of sides dull cinnamon ; 

 chin and sides of muzzle black. 



Vulpes {Urocyon) littoralis, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 143, t. 1 

 (animal), t. 35. f. 2 (skull). 



Hab. California, Island of San Miguel. 



Scarcely more than half the size of the Grey Fox {U. virginianus). 



F. Raccoon Dog. Tail short, bushy ; upper sectorial tooth com- 

 pressed, three-lobed, with a small internal tubercle. Tem- 

 poral muscles separated by a vase-shaped crown. 



15. Nyctereutes. 



Tail short, bushy, straight. Teeth 42 ; premolars j^, molars ^ ; 

 sectorial tooth compressed, with a small internal tubercle rather in 

 front of the fore edge of the body of the tooth. 



Skull broad ; nose moderate, tapering ; postorbital process thin, 

 rather concave above, bent down at the tip. Crown of the head 

 broad, vase-like, separating the temporal muscles laearly to the occi- 

 put. Lower edge of lower jaw straight. 



Nyctereutes, Temm., Gray, List of Mamm. 



Nyctereutes procyonoides. Tanate, or Raccoon Dog. B.M. 



Canis procyonoides. Gray, Ulust. Lid. Zool. ii. t. ; Mag. N. H. 

 1837, p. 578; Schrenck, Amurland, 53, t. 5. 



