1S99.] 



TILE CANIU.E or AFBICA. 



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$ . Near Cairo, Mr. E. J. Cuninghame. Head aud body 415 

 millim., tail 305, hind foot 97, ear 87 ; weight 2 lbs. 9 oz. 



2 . Near Berbera, Dr. A. E. Atkiusou. Head and body 445 

 milhni., tail 345, hind foot 122, ear 100. 



The skulls of other specimens from Egypt show that the 

 specimen was rather undersized, but there is no difference worth 

 mentioning between Egyptian and Somaliland specimens. A little 

 Eox from Afghanistan, as mentioned and figured by Dr. Mivart, 

 appears to be identical with this species. 



The conspicuous brown marks on the face, the white tag to tlie 

 tail, and the density of the fur are characters which could not 

 possibly be excluded from any description ; therefore I feel con- 

 vinced that Schinz did not form his C. ritppelli on this species. 

 The legs also are very short, and not longer in proportion than 

 those of C. zerda. 



CA^'IS DORSALIS. (Fig. 9.) 



Cards ( Vulpes) dorsalis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 132. 

 Vidpes dorsalis. Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. Q2 (1843). 

 Fennecus dorsalis, Gray, P. Z. S. 18(i8, p. 519. 

 Vulpes edwardsi, Sochebr. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1882 (Oct.) 

 p. 8. 



Eig. 9. 



Skull of Canis dorsalis, ? nat. size. (B.M. 40.12.20.3.) 



The type of Gray's species (from Senegal), which is still in the 

 British Museum, is so much faded that it is impossible to gi\e an 

 accurate description of the skin : I can say, however, that it belongs 

 neither to C famelicus nor C. palUdus. The skidl shows it to be a 

 very young animal in milk-dentition, probably larger than O. fameli- 

 cus, but its black-tipped tail proA'es that it is not even a local race 

 of that species. Its much greater size is sufficient to separate it 

 from C. pallidtis. This is without doubt the same species as that 

 described by Kochebrune. Dr. Mivart does not give an opinion 

 on this species, and even leaves the name out of his synonymy. 



