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members of this genus can, according to rrDli'ssor Huxley, be 

 sorted into two series by certain cranial characters. The two 



Fig. 207. — Fennec Fox. Canis zerda. xj. 



series he termed the " Alopecoid " or Fox-like, and the " Thooid " 

 or Wolf-like. It was suggested that the generic name Vidpes be 



Fig. 208. — Prairie Wolf or Coyote. Oanis latrans. x J. 



used for the former, and Canis for the second. The characters 

 which will be dealt with immediately are also to be noted among 

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