SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Inhabits North America. (Mus. Brit.) 

 M. F. Cuvier is inclined to consider it a variety of the 

 C. Argentatus. 



385. 7. C. Virginianus (Gray Fox.) Body entirely silvery 

 gray, with a cast of red about the ears. 



C. Virginianus, Gmelin, S;^st. Nat. 1. 74. 

 Gray Fox, Catesby, Carolina, ii. 78. Virginian Fox, Shaw. 

 Zool. I. 325. 



Icon. Catesby, Carolina, ii. t. 78. 

 Inhabits warmer parts of North America. 



386. 8. C. Fulvus (Fulvous Fox.) Fur reddish or ful- 

 vous ; beneath the neck and belly white ; chest gray ; front 

 part of the fore legs and feet black, with fulvous toes ; top 

 of the tail white. 



Canis Fulvus, Desm. Mam. 1. 303. 



Renard de Virginie, Palisot, Beauv. Bui. Soc. Phil. Red 

 Fox, Sabine, Franklin, Voy. 656. 



Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. 



Inhabits North America. 



Var. b. Velong. 



Canis Velong. Say, James, Exped. Rocky Mountains. 



The specimen of this animal, in the British Museum, 

 presented by the Hudson Bay Company, does not well 

 agree with M. F. Cuvier's figure, but better with Desmai-est 

 and Say, and Mr. Beauvois' description. 



387. 9. C. Niloticus (Egyptian Fox.) Body above red- 

 dish, beneath gray ; behind the ears black ; legs fulvous. 



Canis Niloticus aut ^Egyptiacus, Geoff. Coll. Mm. Par. 

 Desm. Mamm. 204. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Egypt. 



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