CANIS. 4G3 



Spritsail-Tor fossil specimen ; as compared with the Canis pictus, the 

 correspondence in this respect is exact, that species having a very pro- 

 nounced anterior cusplet, which circumstance, together with the decided 

 acumination of the central cusp, led De Blainville to name it C. Hy- 

 mnoides. All the premolars have very pointed cusps in the latter species. 

 As regards the carnassial, the form of the talon in the ' Spritsail' fossil 

 resembles more the European Wolf in its considerable width and general 

 form. The talon is narrower in the Canis occidentalism and in the C. 

 pictus it takes more after the H>/a>na in form. 



Further, in the Gower fossil, all the premolars (except the first) are, 

 in a marked degree, thicker and more massive, in proportion, than in the 

 existing European Wolf; and in this respect it differs still more from 

 the C. occidentalis. 



