OTOCYON. CANIS. 407 



Genus 203. Otooyoii. 



Otocyon Mull, Archiv Anat. & Phys., 1836, pi. i. Type Otocyon 

 caffer Lichtenstein — Canis megalotis Desmarest. 

 Agriodus H. Smith, Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm., x, 1840, p. 258. 



701. Otocyon megalotis ( Desmarest j. 



Canis megalotis Desm., Mamm., Suppl., i, 1822, p. 538. 



Canis lalandii DesmouL, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., iv, 1823, p. 18. 



Otocyon caffer Licht., Wieg. Archiv f. Naturg., iv, 1838, p. 290, 

 Large-eared Fox. 



I. Adult -^ Coll. Dagahbur, Somaliland, East Africa. D. G. 

 Elliot. 



Genus 204. Canis. Dogs, AVolves. 



Canis Linn.. Syst. Nat., i, 175S, p. 38; i, 1766, p. 56. Type Canis 

 familiaris Linnaeus. 

 Lupus Frisch, Das Nat. -Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 14, 



Tab. Gen., 1775. 

 Thos Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., 1816, p. 



1037- 

 Lyciscus H. Smith, Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm., ix, 1839, p. 160. 

 Thous H. Smith, Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm., ix, 1839, p. 193. 

 Lycalopex Burm., Syst. Uebers. Thiere Bras., Mamm., i, 1854, p. 



95- 

 Lupulus Gsrvais, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 11, 1855, p. 60. 

 Simsnia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1868, p. 494. 

 DieboL Gray, Cat. Carniv. Pachyd. & Eden. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 



1869, pp. 180, 189. 



Subgenus A. Thos. 



702. Canis mesomelas Schreber. 



Canis mesomelas Schreb., Saugth., iii, 1778, ,p. 370, pi. 95. Desm., 



Mamm., 1820, p. 201. 

 Thous mesomelas H. Smith, Jard. Nat. Libr., ]\Iamm., ix, 1839, p. 

 193, pi. 12. 

 Black-backed Jackal. 



1. Adult ^ Coll. Adadleh, Somaliland, East Africa. D. G. 



Elhot. 



2. Adult (J Coll. Marodijeh, Somaliland, East Africa. D. G. 



Elliot. 



