VULPES. 37 



Fur reddish grey or rufescent above and below ; colour varying 

 considerably seasonally ; ears long, dark brown externally ; tail long, 

 bushy, tipped black ; chin and throat whitish. 



Length. — Head and body 21 — 22 inches; tail 12 — 14 inches. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, Kutch, Guzerat, Deccan, Concan, and through- 

 out India affecting the plains ; burrowing usually in mounds. In Sind 

 its chief food appears to be (from dissection of several examples) the 

 berries of Grewia and Zizyphus, field rats and a large rock lizard, 

 Uromastix Eardwichii, 



"Vulpes leucopus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1854, p. 729; Jerd. Mam. 

 hid. p. 151; G)-ay, P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 516; Gat. Mam. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 204 ; Murray, Hdbh., Zool., 8fc. Sind. — Thk Deseet Fox. 



Fur variable, general colour fulvous white mixed with darker brown or 

 black. Face lighter in colour. Tail largely tipped with white. Lowerparts 

 nigrescent. Ears black posteriorly. Females usually with whitish limbs. 



During winter the muzzle is fulvous white, the long moustachial 

 hairs, and the groups above the eyes and behind the angle of the mouth 

 are black; the fur is very variable. Forehead pale rufous, in some 

 specimens bright rufous ; sides of the face, chin and throat and the 

 inner sides of the limbs fulvous white, a dark stripe running down from 

 the corner of each eye to about the middle of the edge of the upper 

 lip. Ears edged all round with fulvous white, externally they are 

 blackish, with, in some specimens, a rufous tinge, the extreme margins 

 fulvous white. Back and upper side of the tail and the outside of the 

 limbs brighter rufescent than the forehead, with a large admixture of 

 white, which colouris chiefly that of the apical rings on the back, while 

 on the flanks, tail and sides of the neck there are more black than 

 white apical rings. Under parts fulvous white, soles of the feet dusky 

 brown. Tail largely tipped with white. 



Hab. — Sind, Kutch, Rajpootana and the Punjab. Affects chiefly the 

 sandy dunes and lives on field rats, &c., oftentimes associated with the 

 next in Upper Sind. 



Vulpes pusillus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1854, p. 729; Gray, P. 

 Z. 8. 1868, p. 517; Gat.' Mam. Br. Mus. p. 205; Jerd. Mam. Ind. 

 p. 153; Mmray, Hdhh., Zool., 8fc., 8ind. — The Small Pqnjab Fox. 



Fur variable. General colour pale fulvous, darker on the sides and 

 lighter on the shoulders. Middle of back rufous. Tail greyish. Bars 

 externally velvety black. A faint eye streak. Cheeks whitish. Tail 

 white tipped. 



Length. — 24 inches ; tail 14 inches. 



Family, HT.^NID^,— Htjenab. 



Digitigrade carnivorous animals with their forelegs longer than 

 their hind legs. Tongue rough. Molars or cutting teeth of great size, 

 conical. Eyes projecting. Ears large. A deep subcaudal glandular 

 pouch. Tubercular grinders single, in the upper jaw only. 



Dentition. Inc. g;:^;, can. j^, molar ^3:^=34. 



