SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



and soft, uniformly brown in summer, white in winter; 

 paws and soles of the feet protected by long hairs. 



CanisLagopus, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 59. Vulpes Coerulescens, 

 Lin. Faun. Suec. 14. t. 13, Isates, Act. Petrop. 1760. v. 

 358. Renard Blue, Buffon, xiii. 272. 



Icon. Ency. Method, t. 106./. 3. t. \01. f. 2. Bewick, 

 Quad. 



Inhabits the Arctic regions. 



383. 5. C. Corsac (the Corsac.) Uniform yellow; gray 

 above, lighter underneath; tail verj' long, touching the 

 ground, and black at the extremity. 



Canis Corsac, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. 1. 74. 



Corsac, Guldenstaedt Voyage. Isatis, Buffon, Sup. iii. 

 113, 114. L'Adive, Buff'.ii.l Korsaki, PaUas. Neu. Nord. 

 Beytr. 1. 29. Corsac Fox, Shaw, Zool. 



Icon. Buff. Sup. VI. 17. Buff. ii. t. cop. Ency. Method. 

 t. 107. /. 3. Shaw, Zool. i. t. 79. 



Inhabits the Deserts of Tartary. 



Obs. This is placed, by the Baron, among the Foxes ; by 

 Desmarest, it is transferred to the division with circu- 

 lar eye-pupils. 



Var. a. Karagan. Gray ; ears black. 



Canis Karagan, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 74. 



Karagan Fox, Pennant. 



Inhabits Great Tartary. 



Most probably a variety of the former. 



384. 6. C. Decussatus (Cross Fox.) Fur varied, with 

 black-and-whitish above, with a black cross on the shoul- 

 ders ; muzzle, and lower parts of the body and legs black ; 

 tip of the tail white. 



Canis Decussatus, Geoff\ Coll. Mus. — Sabine, Frank. 

 Voy. 

 American Cross Fox, English Furner<!. 



1 49 a M 



