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ZOOLOGY. 



wolf. On the other hand, fourteen kinds of dogs can be 

 distingnislied in the Koman and Greelc records; of these 

 five are principal types or species, five otiiers climatic vari- 

 eties, the remainder being cither breeds artificially pro- 

 duced or hybi'ids. As regards tlie Egyptian dogs, seven 

 kinds may be distinguished, three of them, besides the 

 jackal, being distinct species. Wolves, jackals, foxes, etc., 

 are species quite distinct from the domestic dog; they may 

 have interbred with tlje latter, and have thus influenced cer- 

 tain breeds; but they are not the parents of the domestic dog. 

 There are seven species among our dogs: 0. domesticus, 

 extrarms or spaniel and Newfoundland dogs, vertagus or 



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Fig, 3'35, — J.ij?nar. South America. From LiitkeD's Zoolo^. 



badger dog, saijiix or hound, molossns or bulldog, leporariiis 

 or greyhound, and the naked dog, 0. caribams. Among 

 half-wild dotrs is the dingo or huntinc-dos; of Australia, 

 which goes in packs. 



The Yievrra and Genelfa. or civet cats, and the hyaenas, 

 lead to the cat family, which stands at the head of the Car- 

 nivora. Tlie jaguar (Fig. 32.=)), ]ianther. leopard, tiger, and 

 lion belong to the genus Felis. Tlie Felis coiicolor, cougar, 

 panther, oi' puma, ranges over both continents; it is 1-1.3 

 metres in length. Tiie ])anther destroys large numbers of 

 porcuj)ines, liut feeds chiefly on young deer. Dr. Merriam 

 tells us that it sjiriiigs ujtou the deer from the ground; " on 

 Jevel ground a single spring of twenty feet is by no means 



