PA MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE FEET 
and third and the third and fourth digits. The length of the 
four digits makes the edge of the web connecting the median 
and lateral toes appear widely scooped out. The claws are long 
and the hair clothing the area between the digital and plantar 
pads is thick, but not long*. 
Vulpes bengalensis Shaw. 
(Text-fig. 8, B—D.) 
The feet are similar in a general way to those of V. vulpes, but 
the third and fourth digits are, if anything, relatively longer 
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A. Left fore foot of Vulpes vulpes. D. Rhinarium of same, from the side. 
B. Left fore foot of Vulpes bengalensis. EK. Rhinarium of Otoeyon megalotis, 
C. Rhinarium of same, from the front. from the side. 
F. The same, from the front. 
* The hairiness of the soles of the feet may vary seasonally in this species, as it 
does in some of the northern Canidee. Very likely, too, variation in this respect 
will be found between geographical races of V. vulpes. 
