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stronger. Has the odour and aspect of Saccalius, but ears and tail larger, 

 the latter more brushed, the brow and eye bolder, and the muzzle blunter. 

 The shoulder and croup are about lerel. The female has 12 or 14 teats. 

 I have followed Blyfchjin his Cat. Mamm., in keeping this distinct from 

 Cams. 



137. Cuon rutilans. 



Cards apud Tbmminck. — BlytB, Cat. 117.-0. duhhunensis, Sykeb. — 

 Kgd. Trans. Eoy. As. Soc. — C.familiaris, wild variety, Elliot, Cat. 16. 

 — Cuon primcBvus, Hodgson. — Figd. also by Dblbsseet, Souvenirs d'un 

 Voyage dans 1' IndiS.—Jangli Mtd, H., popularly. — Sona Mtd, i. e., golden 

 dog in Central India. — Ram Mtd, in some parts. — Ban Mtd, in the North 

 of India. — Bahnasay Mtd, of some. — Kolsun, Kolusnd, Kolsa, and Kolasrd, 

 as variously pronounced by the Mahrattas in different localities. — Rezd 

 Mtd, Tel., i. e., fierce dog ; vulgo Adavi Mtd. — SAe» waj, Mai. — Eram 

 naiko, of Gonds — Sakhi sarai, at Hydrabad, (Buchanan Hamilton). — Ram 

 A«jim Kashmir. — Sidda-h'i, Tibetan in Ladak. — SAhu-tum, Lepch. — PaSho, 

 Bhot. — Bhaosa, Bhoonsa, BuansH, in the Himalayas, generally from Simla 

 to Nepal. — WUd dog of Emropems. ^ 



V xHB WILD Doa. 



Descr. — General color bright rusty-red or rufous fawn color, paler 

 beneath; ears erect, rather large, somewhat rounded at the tip; tail 

 moderately brushed, reaching to the heels, usually tipped blackish ; limbs 

 Btrohg ; body lengthened. 



Length, head and body, 32 to 36 inches ; tail about 16 inches ; height 

 17 to 20 inches. 



I quite agree with Mr. Blyth in considering that the wild dog of 

 Malayana does not diflFer specifically from the Indian one ; and, therefore 

 adopt Temminck's specific name, Sykes' local name, and Hodgson's theoretic 

 one, being alike inapplicable, as well as posterior in date. " A Malayan 

 specimen," says Blyth, " differs only in the considerably deeper tint of the 

 rufous coloring." There is, however, a prevalent belief among sportsmen of 

 the existence of two races of wild dogs in India. In an eariy notice of the 

 wild dog, in the 1st Vol. of the " Gleanings of Science," two kinds are in- 

 dicated ; one called Shikari bhowsa, which hunts its own prey ; the other 

 Ldgh, from eating the offal of its prey. Hamilton Smith says, « besides 

 the Jangli kutd of the plains, there are two hill kinds, one larger, the 



