8. cANis. 193 



Var. Small. 



Canis fmstror, Woodhouse, Proc. Ac. N. S. Philad. iv. p. 147 (1860), 



V. p. 157 (1851). 

 Small Wolves/ livpretz. 

 Burrowing Dog, Lewis 8r Clark. 

 Cased Wolves, Furrier's Zist. 

 Lyoiscus cagotis, ffam. Smith, Nat. Job. Dogs. 

 ? Canis ochropus, Eschsdh. Zool. Atlas, i. t. 11 ; GVay, List. Mamm. 



S. M. p. 59 ; Zool. Sulph. p. 32, t. 10. 



Hah. North America (in packs) : Upper Missouri {Long) ; Cali- 

 fornia (B.M.). 



" Eeplaces the Jackal of the Old World. Brings forth its young 

 in a burrow. Barks like a Domestic Dog." — S. Baird. 



Skulls 171 a, b, c. Width at zygomata 3 inches 4 lines ; length 

 of palate 3 inches 5 lines, of the upper jaw at the hinder edge of 

 the sectorial tooth 2 inches, at the base of the canines 1 inch 1 line. 



1237 a. " Vulpes vdooe, Eich." 



SkuU 171 c. Length 7 inches ; width at zygomata 3 inches ] 

 lines, at preorbital foramen 1 inch 3 Hues, at outer hinder end of 

 the sectorial tooth 2 inches 1 Knc, of the upper jaw at the base of 

 the canines 1 inch 1 line ; length of palate 3 inches 9 Hnes. 



B. Dogs. TaU elongate, curved or curled; temporal muscle only separated 

 by a line or coronal ridge. — Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 608. 



8. CANIS. (Dog.) 



Head moderate or elongate. Ears often dependent or recurved. 

 The small hinder tubercular grinder of the upper and lower jaws 

 well developed. 



Canis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 608. 



1 . Canis familiaris. (Dog.) B.M. 



Canis familiaris, Linn. S. JV. i. p. 56 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 



p. 57 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 608 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 



p. 82. 

 Canis domesticus, Linn. Mus. Adolph. Frid. i. p. 6. 

 Canis familiaris Terrse Novae, Blainv. OstSogr. Canis, t, 8 (skull). 

 Chien, Buffon, IT. JST. v. p. 800, 1. 15. 

 Chien domestique, Cuv. B. A. i. p. 162. 

 Dog, Penn. 

 Common Dog, Shaw. 



Hah. The World where inhabited by man. 



Skull 166/. Bhotea Dog (black and tan). Nepaul {Hodgson). 

 Length 8 inches 2 lines. Very like the skuU of the Wolf of Europe. 



B.M. 



Skull 166 6. Tibetan Mastiff. Nepaul {Hodgson). Length 9 

 inches. 'SiM.. 



Skull 166. BuU-Dog (fig. 27, p. 194). Utrecht Collection. B.M. 



Var. 1. Oanis familiaris nepalemsis, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (teeth). 



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