SYNOPSIS OF THE 



by Desmarest, black ; the tip of the tail of the English spe- 

 cies is usually white. 



380. 2. C. Cinereo-Argentius(Tri-co]ouvedFo-K.) Upper 

 part of the body gray-black ; head yellow-gray ; ears and 

 sides of the neck bright-red ; throat and cheeks white ; 

 under jaw black ; belly yellow ; tail of the same colour, 

 mixed with black, which prevails exclusively at the end. 



Canis Cinereo-Argenteus, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. i. 74. 



Renard Gris, Brisson, Quad. Der Grisfuch, Schreb. 

 Agouarachy, d'Azara, Quad, du Paraguay. Fulvous-necked 

 Fox, Shaw's Zool. 324. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 92. A. 



Inhabits the warm and temperate parts of America. 



Schreber appears to doubt if it may not be a variety of 

 the Grey Fox of Catesby. 



381. 3. C. Argentatus (Silver Fox.) Black, with some 

 of the hairs tipt with white; extremity of the tail white; 

 forepart of the head and the flanks whitish ; sometimes a 

 white spot under the throat; paws covered with short hairs. 



C. Lycaon. var. Gmelin. Sys. Nat. i. Canis Argentatus. 

 Desm. Mam. i. 203. 



Renard Noir ou Argente, Geoffroy, Collect, du Musee. 

 Renard Argente, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. 



Icon. F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. v. 



Inhabits America. 



Obs. Gmelin confounded this with the Canis Lycaon or 

 Black Wolf. A similar species is found in Asia, but M. 

 F. Cuvier doubts the identity of the Asiatic and American 

 Black Fox. The American Cross Fox, C. Decussatus of 

 Geoff. Collect, du Mus., appears likely to be a mere variety 

 of the Argentatus. 



382. 4. C. Lagopus (Arctic Fox.) Fur very long, thick 



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