42 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



chievous of all the carnassiers known in our 

 countries. It is found from Egypt as far as Lap- 

 land, and appears to have passed into America. 

 In northern regions its fur becomes white in the 

 winter season. It attacks all our animals, but 

 yet by no means displays courage in propor- 

 tion to its strength. It often preys on carrion. 

 Its habits and physical development have many 

 close relations with those of the dog. 



The Black Wolf. (Cams Lycaon, L.) Buff. IX. xli. 



Inhabits also in Europe, and is found even in 

 France, but very rarely*. Its fur is of a deep 

 and uniform black. It is said to be more fero- 

 cious than the common wolf. 



The Red Wolf. (Canis Mexicanus, Lin.) Agoura-Gouazou 

 ofAzzara. 



Of a fine cinnamon red, with a short black mane 

 along the entire spine. Found in the marshes 

 of all the hot and temperate regions of America. 



'The Jackal, or Golden Wolf. (Canis Aureus, Lin.) Schreb. 



XCIV. 



Somewhat less than the three preceding ; 

 grayish brown, the thighs and legs of a clear 

 fawn-colour ; some red upon the ear. It inha- 

 bits in troops a great part of Asia and Africa, 

 from India and the environs of the Caspian Sea 



* I have seen four individuals taken or killed in France. It 

 must not be confounded with the Black Fox, with whose synonymes 

 Gmelin has mixed it up. 



