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Caxis chama. (Fig. 10.) 



Canischrima, Smith (A.), S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1833, p. 87; 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 81, pi. xvii. 



MegaJotis caama. Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 236, 

 pi. xix. (1839). 



Vulpes canma, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1862). 



Fennecus caa7na, Gray, P. Z. .S. 1868, p. 520, fig. 7, skull. 



Fig. 10. 



Stull of Cam's chfrma, f nat. size. (B.M. 46.8.-3.2 ; 815 a.) 

 (From P. Z. S. 1868, p. 520.) 



General body-colour grizzled grey, the face reddish, most of the 

 hairs white-tipped ; ears long, rust-coloured; fore legs pale buff, with 

 a brown streak running down the backs from the points of the 

 elbows ; hind legs al?o pale buff, there is a conspicuous brown 

 patch on the tibial joint, just above the hocks ; the tail is bushy, 

 most of the hairs tipped with black, almost completely black at the 

 end of the brush. 



This Fox is somewhat nearly allied to the smaller C. famelicus, 

 but is a longer-legged and larger animal. The skulls of these two 

 species are approximately the same length, but that of C. chama is 

 verv much heavier and broader. The facial portion is particularly 

 broad and the muzzle blunt ; the zygomatic arches are nearly as 

 broad in front as behind. The back of the palate is very much 

 broader, the tooth-row actually shorter, and the teeth very small, 

 mt'asuring less than those of C. famelicus. 



The skull much resembles that of Otocyon, but the squamosal 

 portions of the zygomata are broader, and the supraorbital and 

 temporal ridges are not so heavy. 



This species is found in sandy districts south of the Zambesi, 

 from the extreme south of the Colony to Xamaqualand and 

 Bechuanaland. 



(3) The Fennec. 



Canis zerda. (Fig. 11.) 



L' Animal anonyme, Buffon, Hist. Xal. Suppl. iii. p. 148, \A. xix. 

 (1776). 



