SYNOPSIS OF THE 



the lower jaw on the same line with the upper molar 

 teefh. 



Var. a. C. F. Australasi<B (the Dingo.) Size and 

 form of the shepherd's dog, with the head resembling 

 that of the Fox. Fur thick, formed of two kinds of 

 hair ; the woolly, gray ; the silky, yellow or white ; upper 

 part of the body, and head and tail deep yellow : lower parts 

 paler ; muzzle and inner side of the thighs white; tail 

 with 18 vertebrae. 



C. F. Australasias, Desm. Mam. 191 ; Zool. 277. 



Dingo, or Australasian Dog, Shaw. 



Var. b. C. F. Sumatrensis . Countenance of a fox, 

 nose pointed; eyes oblique; ears rounded, very hairy; 

 muzzle foxy brown, much mixed with black ; tail pendulous, 

 bushy, reaching nearly to the heel. 



Canis Familiaris Sumatrensis, Hardwicke, Lin. Trans. 

 XIII. 235. 



Icon. Hardwicke, Lin. Trans, xiii. t. 23. Shaw, ZooL i. 

 t 78. 



Inhab. Sumatra. 



Very lively, running with its tail extended horizontally, 

 the head high, and the ears straight, courageous and vo- 

 racious, but very volatile, and scarcely to be rendered 

 tractable. 



Var. c. C. F. Laniarius (the Matin). Head elongated; 

 forehead flat ; ears erect at their base, and half droop- 

 ing; form long and strong without being thick; legs 

 long, nervous, and very strong ; tail recurved ; hair on 

 the upper part of the body short, and the lower part 

 and tail longer; yellow fox colour, with obliquely dis- 

 posed parallel interrupted bands on the flanks, sometimes 

 white, gray, brown, or black : length of the body and head 

 thirty-five inches. 



C. F. Laniarius, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. 



Matin. Buff*. V. 



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