262 MAMMALIA. 



b. The carnasial tooth exceeds in length the two posterior 

 molars, a black stripe down the forelegs. 



C. lupus, p. 262. 



b^. The carnasial is either of the same length or else shorter 

 than the two posterior molars. 



c. Fur smooth, thin and fulvous, little or no under fur. 



C. pallipes, p. 263. 



{^. Fur soft and woolly, colour pale and isabelline, owing to 

 the absence of black-tipped hairs on the flanks, 



C. laniger, p. 262. 



a*. Skull generally less than 6 inches in length ; head and body 

 about 2 feet 6 inches; legs short. C. aureus, p. 264. 



Canis lupus. 



Canis lupus, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 58 (1766) ; Hutton J. A. 

 S. B., xiv, p. 345 ; Blyth Cat., p. 39 ; Schrenck Amutland Sdugeth., p. 44 ; 

 Middendorff Siberische Reise, ii, pt. ii, p. 70 ; Severtzoff Ann. Mag. N. H. 

 (4), xviii, p. 48 ; Blanford Persia, p. 37; id. Yarkand Mammals, p. 20; 

 Scully P. Z. S., 1881, p. 201 ; id. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), viii, p. 224; id. 

 J. A. S. B., Ivi, p. 69 ; Thomas Linn. Trans. (2), v, p. 57; Blanford Mam- 

 mals, p. 135; Radde Zool. J. B., iv. p. 1017. 



Lupus vulgaris, H. Smith Jard. Nat. Libr., ix, p. 148(1839); Gray Cat- 

 Cam. Mamm., p. 186. 



Distribution. — The Palaearctic region generally, from France to 

 Amurland, extending to Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Gilgit, 

 and probably found in Western Sind and the Punjab. 



a. Skin Yarkand ? F. Stoliczka, 1873. 



b. Skin Kashgar bazaar F. Stoliczka, 1873. 



c. Skin Kashgar bazaar F. Stoliczka,-i873. 



d. Skin Kashgar bazaar F. Stoliczka, 1873. 



e. Skin Afghan-Turkestan C. E. Yate, 1887. 



f. Skull Bushire No history. 



g. Skull Bokhara ? Purchased, 1872. 

 A. Skin, skull g Khornor, Gilgit, 21-11-79J. Scully. 



y. Skin, skull g Gilgit, 17-4-79 J.Scully. 



k. Skin, skull ? Gilgit, 33.1.79 J. Scully. 



;. Skull juv. Gilgit J. Scully. 



Canis laniger. 



Canis laniger, Hodgson Calc. Journ. N. H., vii, p. 474 co.,% . ~ ,. 

 J. A. S. B., xvi, p. , 176 ; Horsfield Ann. Mag. N^ H(2) ^tP ' ^"' 

 Blyth Cat., p. 39; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 2nd ed., „ ■<;. BlVnfJ^ p°^'' 

 S. B. 1877, p. 1 14 i Kinloeh Large Game Shooting, i, ^\f''"f'"'d P- ^. 



