CANIS. 263 



Canis fhanco, Gray P. Z. 5., p. 94 (1863). 



Lupus chanco, Gray P. Z. S., p. Sol (1868) ; id., Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 187. 

 Canis niger, P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., p. 654, pi. Ixxviii (1874) ; Btytk J. A. 

 S. B., xvi, p. 1 176 ; Kinloch Large Game Shooting, 2nd ed., p. 39, 



Chanko and Chanko nagpo, (black var.) Thibetan. 



Dislribution. — Eastern (Hodgson) and Western Thibet (Kinloch) 

 including Ladak. 



Mr. Blanford in his recent work on Indian Mammals considers 

 Canis laniger to be conspecific with Canis lupus; the differences as 

 described are certainly not striking, but probably as niarked as the 

 differences between many other species ; the difference formerly 

 pointed out by Blanford, with regard to the sectorial being shorter 

 than the two molars, is now said by him to be not constant. 



The skin " h ", which is in a very bad state of preservation, is 

 the skin of the black wolf of Thibet (c. f. Blyth J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 

 1 1 76,) which was afterwards described by Mr. Sclater as Canis 

 niger, from living specimens in the London Zoological Gardens. 



It is probable that this black form is merely a variety of the 

 typical form, similar to that of the European wolf which was des- 

 cribed as Canis lycaon by Schreber. 



a. Skin, skull. Nanskar, Thibet J. B. Lee. 



b. Skin Thibet G. T. Lushington, A. S. B. 



c. Stuffed Thibet G. T. Lushington, A. iS. B. 

 d-g. 4 Skulls Thibet G. T. Lushington, A. S. B. 



h. Skin Thibet R. Strachey, 1847, A. S. B. 



(black var.). 

 j. Skin Phialung, Ladak, S. J. Stone. 



(black var.}. 29-6-88. 



Canis pallipes. 



Canis pallipes, ^jyiw p. ^. 5"., p. loi (1831); Blyth Cat., p. 39; Jeriion 

 Mamm., p. 139 ; Stoliczka J. A. S. B., xli, p. 227 ]McMaster Notes oh 

 Jerdon, p. 38; Atkinson N.-W. P. Gazett., xi, p. 20 ; Murray 'Zool. Sind, 

 p. 36 ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 232; Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. $6; 

 Blanford Mammals, p. 137. 



Canis lupus, apud Elliot Madr. yourn., x, p. loi (1839). 



Lupus pallipes, Gray P. Z. S., p. 504 (1868) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 

 189. 



The Indian wolf ; Tola, Canarese ; Landga, Deccani ; Bherya 

 nekra, Hundar, Hurar, Hindustani ; Bigana, Bundelcuhd ; Toralu, 

 Telegu ; Buggyar, Sind. 



Distribution. — The Indian wolf is generally distributed over the 

 whole of the Indian peninsula south of the Himalayas, more especi- 

 ally in the open country. Is recorded from Sind (Murray), Sambhar 

 Lake (Thomas), Cutch (Stoliczka), Central Provinces (Jerdon)' 

 and South India (Elliot and Sykes). 



a. Skin, ^kiill Zoological Gardens. 



S jiiv. 



