186 



4. Cuon dukhunensis. (Dhole.) B.M. 



SkuU — nose slender, elongate ; nasal bones the same length. 

 Forehead much raised above the nose-line. 



Oanis dukhunensis or Kolsum, Syhes, P. Z. S. 



Cuon dukhunensis, Gray, Cat. Mamm. S. M. p. 37 ; P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 500; Oerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 81. 

 Canis dhola, Gray, Griff. A. K, 

 Oanis familiaris, var., jElliot, Madras Joum. x. p. 100. 

 Wild Dog or Dhole, Williamson, Wild Sports. 

 ? Dhole, Wooler. 



Hah. India ; Deccan {Syhes, B.M.). 



The skuU, in the British Museum, from Col. Sykes is of a young 

 specimen changing its milk-teeth. There is a second skull in the 

 Museum (158 6), received from the Zoological Society under the 

 name of Cards dukhunensis ; but it appears to be ra'ther the skull of 

 C. primcevus. 



Length from nose to occipital condyle 



of nose from front of orbits ... 2 9 



of lower jaw 5 4 



Width of brain-case, 0T6r ears 2 6 2 



of forehead between orbits ... 1 4 1 



of nose at preorbital foramen .16 1 



at back of zygomatic arches ... 4 1 4 



Height of jaw at front of orbit 3 3 3 



All adult but 162 a. 



O. pri- 



meemts. 



158 0. 

 m. lin. 

 6 9 



C.al- 

 pinU8. 



161 a. 

 in. lin. 



7 

 2 11 

 5 9 



C swmatrensis. 



160 a. 

 in. lin. 



6 3 

 2 7 

 4 11 



2 4 

 1 3 



1 5i 



3 8 



2 11 



160 e. 

 in. lin. 



6 3 



2 8 

 5 



2 



2 4 

 1 24 

 1 5i 



3 11 

 3 3 



C. duTchu- 



162 a. 

 in. lin. 



6 6 



3 



4 10 

 2 2 



2 11 



4. LUPUS. (Wolf.) 



Head moderate, elongate ; nose moderate, tapering. Upper pre- 

 molars slightly separated ; the upper flesh-tooth in the same line as 

 the other grinders. 



Lupus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 601. 



1. Lupus vulgaris. (European Wolf.) B.M. 



Canis lupus, Linn. Fauna Suecica, p. 3 ; Syst. Nat. i. p. 68 ; Gerrard, 



Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 84. 

 Lupus vulgaris, Brisson, R. A. p. 235 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 601. 

 Lupus sylvestris, Aldrov. Digit, p. 173, iig 

 Wolf, Pennant. 



Loup, Bttffim, H. N. vii. p. 39, t. 3 (skull). 

 Loup d'Europe (0. lupus), Blaim\ OstSogr. t. 3 (skeleton), t. 6 



(skull). 



Hub. Europe, France (B.M.). 



