202 CATSIDJE. 



D. The Foxbs. The tail elongated, reaching to the ground, covered mth 

 abundance of soft hair forming a brush, tvith a gland above the base. 

 Eyes often nocturnal, with oblong erect pupils. — Gray, I. o, p. 516. 



12. VULPES. 



Muzzle long. Temporal crests of the skull linear or nearly- 

 linear. Ears moderate, erect, acute. Tail with, soft fur and long 

 hairs uniformly mixed. Bullae of the ear-bones moderate, oblong, 

 strongly keeled, angular. 



Vulpes, Baird, Mamm. N. A. p. 121 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 515. 



* Large. European. 

 1. Vulpes vulgaris. (Fox.) B.M. 



Canis vulpes, Linn. S. iV. i. p. 59; Slainv. Ost^ogr. t. 4 (skull) ; 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 59. 

 Vulpes vulgaris, Brisson, B. A. p. 239 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of 



Mamm. p. 86; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 515. 



Var. 1. Tail-end black. 



Canis alopex, lAnn. 8. N. i. p. 59. B.M. 



Renard cnarbonnier, Buffon, H. JV, vii. p. 82. 

 Brant Fox, Perm, 



Var. 2. crucigera. Fulvous, with a black dorsal cross. 



Vulpes crvicigera, Brisson, R. A. p. 240 ; Gesner, Quad. f. at p. 90 ; 



Aldrov. Quad. Digit, p. 221, f. at p. 222. 

 Cross Fox, Penn. 



Sab. Europe. 



Var. 3. melanogaster. B.M. 



Vulpes melanogaster, Pr. Bonap., Gerrard, Cat. of Banes of Mamm. 



Bab. Italy. 



** Large. African. 



2. Vulpes Dilotica. (Sobora or Tahaleb.) B.M. 



Skull — crown-Une narrow behind, elongate triangular in front 

 half. 



Canis nUoticus, Geoff. Cat. Mm. Paris; Desm. Mamm. p. 204 -fLechl. 

 JDoubl. p. 4 ; Biippell, Zool. Atlas, p. 41, 1. 15 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 



B.M.-^.m. 



Cams segyptiacus, Sonnini, Nouv. Diet. d'H. iV. vi. p. 524; BiippeU, 



Zool. Atlas, 1. 15 ; Ehrenb. 8ymb. Phys. 1. 19. 

 Vulpes niloticus, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. p. 85 ; Gray. 



P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 515. i- > ^> 



Hob. North Africa; Egypt. Called "Tahaleb" by the Egyptians, 

 " Sobora " by the Arabs. 



SkuUs 172 a, 6, e, d. Length 5, width 2| inches. 



