SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Icon. Buffon, v. t. 25. Ency. Method, t. 103. /. 2. 

 Bewick. Quad. 



Very courageous and intelligent. BufFon thinks that 

 this variety, proper to temperate climates, becomes the 

 great Danish dog when transported to the North, and the 

 greyhound when bred in the South. Crossed with the 

 bulldog, the offspring is the mastiff. C. F. Anglicus of 

 F. Cuv. 



Var. d. C. F. Danicus (the Great Danish Dog.) Head 

 like that of the matin; body generally white, marked with 

 numerous small round black spots, but it is sometimes 

 gray, or brown. This variety is remarkable for its acquired 

 attachment to horses. 



C. F. Danicus, Desm. Manm. 19 J. 



Danois, Buffon, v. The Dalmatian or Spotted Dog. 

 Shaw, Zool. I. 282. The Danish Dog, Pennaiit. Coach 

 Dog. 



Icon. Buffon, v. t. 26. Bewick. Quad. 



Var. e. C. F. Grajus (the Greyhound.) The greyhound, 

 properly speaking, has several other varieties assimilated 

 to it, all of which form an insulated group distinguished 

 by the elongation of the muzzle beyond all others ; 

 the forehead very low, caused by the obliteration of the 

 frontal sinuses, long and slender limbs, general lightness 

 of make, and frequently by the want of the fifth toe, which 

 is developed on the hind feet of the other varieties. To 

 this group belong — 



C. F. Grajus, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 57. 



Levrier, Buffon, v. The Grey-hound, Shaw, Zool. i. 283. 



Icon. Buffon, v. t. 27. Ency. Method, t. 98. /. 3. Bewick. 

 F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. xvi. 



Sub.-var. a. The Irish Greyhound, from three to four frot 

 in height; colour white, or cinnamon colour. 



Icoifi. Lambert, Lin. Trans. Shaw, Zool. i. t. 11. 



Obs\ Nearly allied, if not identified with C.Liniarius. 



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