60 CARNIVORA. 



Genus CANIS. 



Teeth. — Incisors, ^ ; canines, }~\ ; molars, 7 ~ 7 ; the 

 two last in each jaw tubercular. Tongue smooth ; claws not 

 retractile, five on the fore-feet, four on the hinder feet. 



Subgenus 1. Canis. — Eyes with circular pupils. 



Subgenus 2. Vttlpes. — Eyes with linear pupils; tail 

 bushy. 



Subgenus 1. Canis. 

 Canis Lupus. 



Cants Lupus, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 293 ; Pallas, Scheebee. 

 The "Wolf. 



Description. — The tail straight ; eyes oblique. Pur over 

 the body tawny or yellowish grey, with a black streak on 

 the fore-legs in adults ; hair white at root, then ringed 

 with black, fulvous, white, and pointed with black ; ears 

 erect ; muzzle black ; chin and upper lip white. 



Length of head and body, 3 feet 9 inches ; head, 10 

 inches 6 lines ; ears, 4 inches 9 lines ; tail, 1 foot 5 inches ; 

 27 to 29 inches high at the shoulder. 



Extinct in the British Islands, the last killed there being 

 in Scotland in 1680, in Ireland in 1710. The female goes 

 sixty-three days with young, and produces from five to 

 nine at a birth. The Wolf varies both in size and shade of 

 colour in the different countries of Europe ; those of Russia 

 and Scandinavia are said to be the largest ; those of Erance 

 browner and smaller than in Germany. 



Found all over the Continent of Europe in extensive 

 forests. Very numerous in many parts of Erance. 



Canis Lycaon. 

 m Sp. 294. 



Description. — In form resembles the common "Wolf, except 



Canis Lycaon, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 294. 

 The Black Wolf. 



