1899.] THE CANID.5: OF AFRICA. 551 



Otocijon megalotis, Lessou, Tabl. Eegii. Anim. p. 39 (1842). 



OtoLVion lahincUi, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mas. p. 62 (1843). 



Megalotis lalatulii, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p,21L (1869). 



General colour dark iron-grey, paler on the forehead and in front 

 of ears ; tips and back of ears, muzzle, fore and hind legs, dorsal 

 surface, and tip o£ tail black. The fur of the back is very long. 

 Everywhere tlie underfur is long, dark grey for the basal lialf and 

 pale buff for the remaining half of its length ; on the back the 

 terminal half is more rust-coloured ; the longer coarse fur is 

 ringed with yellowish ■white, with long black tips. The ears are 

 very large and rounded, of about the length of the head. The 

 gland on the tail is well-marked and active. 



The skull is very flat, with heavy supraorbital and temporal ridges ; 

 the orbit is more nearly encircled with bone than in any of the 

 members of the genus Canis. 



The teeth of this animal ai-e quite unlike those of any true Fox. 

 There is normally one more molar in each jaw than in the genus 

 Canis, and the flesh-teeth both above and below are scarcely 

 longer (in horizontal or vertical direction) than the teeth on either 

 side of them. 



This animal is found in sandy districts from the Cape to 

 Somaliland. it has unfortunately "been given the name of Fennec 

 in South Africa, which has given rise to much confusion, since the 

 true Fennec is not found in any part of its range and is a totally 

 distinct animal. 



Genus 3. Ltcaotst. 



Lycaoi^^ pictus. (Fig. 13.) 



" Mebbia," Kolbe, Kaap de Goede Hoop, i. p. 181 (1727). 



"Chien Sauvage," Le Vaillant, Voy. ler, t. i. p. 199 (1790). 



" Wilde Hond " (Dutch), id. ibid. t. ii. p. 152 (1790). 



Canis aureus, Thunb. Mem. Ac. Petersb. iii. 1811, p. 302, nee 

 Linn. ^ 



Hycena picta, Temm. Ann. Ge'n. Sci. Phys. iii. 1820, p. 54. 



Canis pictus, Desmar. Enc. M.eth., Mamm. Suppl. p. 538 

 (1821). 



Hycena venatica, Burchell, Travels, i. p. 456, li. p. 229 (1822). 



Canis {Lycaon) tricolor, Brookes, Griff. Anim. Kingd. v. p. 151 



(1827). 



Lycaon tricolor, Brookes, Prodr. Anim. p. 10 (1828). 

 Cynliymna, F. Cuv. Diet. lix. p. 454 (1829). 

 Canis hycenoicles, Is. Geoff. ? 



Lycaon typicus. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1833, p. 91. 

 Lycaon pictus, Smith, ibid.; Mivart, Canidse, p. 196 (1890). 

 Kynos pictKS, Eiipp. Verzeichn. Mus. Senck. p. 19 (1842). 

 CynTiycena picta. Lesson, Tabl. Regn. Anim. p. 38 (1842). 

 Lycaon venaticus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1843). 



The peculiar colouring and habit of hunting of this animal are 



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