1899.] 



XUE CANICE OE ArEIOA. 



549 



" Vulpes iniiumus saamnsis,'' Skjoldebraad, K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. 

 Haudl. 1777, p. 265, pi. vi. 



Canis zenla, Zimui. Greogf. Gesch. ii. p. 247 (1780). 



Canis cerdo, Gmel. iSyst. Nat. i. p. 7o(178S). 



Viverra awita, Meyer (F. A. A.), Svt.fc.-.suuiin. zool. Eutdeek. 

 Xeu-Holl. u. Afr. p. 91 (179;3). 



Feniiecus arahiuus, Desiuar. Noli\ . Diet. H. N. xxiv. 1804, Tabl. 

 Metb. p. 18. 



Mejjalotis cerda, lUig. Prodr. S<yst. Mamui. p. 131 (1811). 



Megalotis cerdo, Okeii, Lebrb. Naturg. ii. p. 1U32 (1816). 



Fetinecus brucei, Desmar. Euc. Metb., Mauiiii. p. 235 (1820). 



Megalotis zerda, Schiuz, Cuv. TbieiT. i. p. 222 (1821). 



Fentiecus cerdo, Childr. & A^igors, Deiibam & Olapp. Trav. Afr. 

 App. xxi. p. 183, pL (1826). 



Oanis megalotis, Srnitb (11.), Griff. Cuv. Aiiim. Kiugd. ii. p. 373, 

 pi. (1827). 



Megalotis brucei. id. ibid. v. p. 152. 



Canis fennecas, Less. Man. Mauim. p. 168 (1827). 



Megalotis zerda, iSmitb (II.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 237, 

 pi. XX. (1839). 



Fennecus zerda, Less. Nouv. Tabl. Eegn. Anim. p. 39 (1842). 



Vulpes zaarensis, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1843). 



Canis cerda, Gerv. Manmi. ii. p. 75 (1855). 



Megalotis fennecus, Knight's Pict. Mus. Auiui. Nat. p. 207 

 (c. 1860). 



Fennecus zaarensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 519. 



Fiir. 11 



Skull of Canis zerda, f nat. size. (B.M. 182/.) 



Very pale fawn on the upper parts, on the shoulders or fore 

 part of the back some of the longer hairs are black-tipped ; from 

 the saddle backwards the hairs are more uniformly coloured and 

 more ghstening, paler on the face and legs, and gradually becoming 

 silvery white underueath ; brownish patches between the eyes 

 and whiskers ; black tip to the tail ; gland on tail very evident, the 

 coarse texture of the black-tipped hairs coveriug this part being 

 more evident in this animal than in any other, owing to the 

 silkiness of the fur generally. LTnderfur on all the upper 



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