4. LUPUS. 187 



Var. Black. Black Wolf. 



Canis lycaon, Erxkhm, Sijst. p. 560 ; Schreber, Simgeth. p. 353, t. 89. 

 Oanis lupus niger, Serm. Obs. Zool. p. 32. 



Loup noir, Bwffon, H. N. ix. p. 362, t. 41 ; F. Cm. Mamm. Liih. t. 

 BlacTi Wolf, ;8'Aaw: 



Hob. Europe, Pyrenees. 



2. Lupus chanco. (The Chanco or Golden Wolf.) B.M. 



Fur fulvous, on the back longer, rigid, with intermixed black and 

 grey hairs ; the throat, chest, belly, and inside of the legs pure 

 white. Head pale grey-brown ; forehead grizzled with short black 

 and grey hairs. Length of the body and head 42, tail 15 inches. 

 Skull 8| inches long. 



Canis chanco, Qray, P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 94; Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. ser. 3. 



xii. p. 475 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 501. 

 ? Lupus laniger, Hodgson, Blyth, Joum. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1847. 



Hah. Chinese Tartary {lAeut. W. P. Hodnell, B.M.). 



The skuU 1422 a is that of a normal European Wolf and about 

 the same size (but the nose is longer, rather more slender) ; and the 

 teeth, as well as the shape of the skuU, are very similar to those of 

 that animal. Two small grinders below behind the canines. 



3. Lupus occidentalis. (American Wolf.) B.M. 



Skull — ^forehead convex, rounded ; internal nostrils broad in front 

 and narrow behind. 



Canis lupus griseus et albus, Sabine, Joum. p. 654 ; And. 8/- Bachm. 



N. A. Quad. iii. p. 276, 1854. 

 Oanis lupus occidentalis, var. griseus et albus, Riohard. F. Bor.-Am. 



i. p. 66, 1829. 

 Cams occidentalis, Dekay, Z.N. Y. i. p. 42, t. 27. f. 2; >S. Baird, 



Mamm. N. A. p. 105 ; Qerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 84. 



(SkuU 165 e.) 

 Canis variabilis, Pr. Max. Beise iV. A. ii. p. 96, 1841. 

 ? Lupus gigas, Townsend, Joum. Acad. N.S. Phil. ii. p. 76, 1860. 

 Lupus occidentalis, Oray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 501. 

 Oanis lupus canadensis, Blainv. OsUogr. t. 7 (skull). 



Hah. North America (B.M.). 



Var. 1. nvhilus. " Colour light sooty or plumbeous brown." 



Canis nubUus, Say, Long's Fxped. i. p. 168, 1822. 



Canis occidentalis, var. nubilus, Spencer Baird, Mamm. N.A. p. 111. 



Yar. 2. meximrms. "Fur varied with grey and black; neck 

 maned more than usual; a black or dusky band encircling the 

 muzzle ; a dusky slope down the fore leg." — Baird. 



Canis mexicanus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 60. 



Canis occidentalis, var. mexicanus, S. Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 113. 



Xoloit cuintli, Hernand. Mex. p. 479, fig. 



Lupus mexicanus, Brisson, B, A. -p. 237. 



