SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



378. 9. C. Anthus {SenegSi] J SLcksi].) Fur gray, sprinkled 

 with yellowish spots ; yellowish above, whiter underneath ; 

 tail yellow, with a longitudinal black line at its base, and 

 some black hairs at the point. 



Canis Anthus, F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. 

 Chacal du Senegal, F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. 

 Icon. F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog, xvii. 

 Inhabits Senegal. 



Foxes. Pupils of the eyes long ; tail long and bushy. 



379. 1. Vulpes Vulgaris (the Fox.) Yellow above, white 

 underneath ; behind the ears black ; tail with long hairs, 

 which are white at its extremity ; muzzle pointed ; ears 

 erect, acuminated ; eyes diagonal. 



Canis Vulpes, Syst..Nat. i. 59. 



Vulpes, Gesner. Quad. 966. The Fox, Ray. Renard, 

 Buf. VII. 75. 



Icon. Buffon. vii. t. 6. Ency. Method, t. 106. /. ]. 

 2. 



Var. a. V . Alopex has been treated as distinct, but is con- 

 sidered, as we have seen, by the Baron, to be a variety of 

 the Common Fox. It differs in having the fur thicker, and 

 of a deeper red ; the additional blackness at the end of the 

 tail, and the blackness of the paws. Found in Alsace and 

 Burgundy. 



C. Alopex, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. i. 74. 



Brant Fox, Shaw. ZooL i. 321. 



C. Vulpes, Desm. Mam. 202. 



Var. b. Crucigera, the colour deeper, with a black cruci- 

 form mark across the shoulders and down the spine. 



Canis Crucigera, Gesner, Quad. 906. 



Cross Fox of European Naturalists. 



Inhabits the northern parts of the Old and New World. 



According to Linnaeus, the end of the tail is white; and 



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