i3 6 MAMM \. FFRiE. Dog. 



ii. Alco. — -Cants americanus. 



About the fize of a fquirrel : having a frnail head, pendulous ears, a curved body, and 

 fhort tail. Sm. Buff. viii. 261. 



Of this animal there are two kinds mentioned by authors. 



230 a. Fat Alco.- — Canis americanus obefus. 



Is prodigioufly fat; the head is very fmaii, and the ears are pendulous; the fore part 

 of the head is white, and the > ars are yellowifh ; the neck is fhorr ; the back is arch- 

 ed, and covered with yellow hah ; the tail is white, fhort, and pendulous ; the belly 

 is large, and fpotted with black; the legs and feet are white : The female has fix 

 confpicuous paps. 



Michuacanens. Fernand. anim. nov. hifp. 7 — Ytzcuinte-porzotli, Canis americanus, or American 

 Dog. Hernand. hilt. Mexic. 466. 



231 b. Techichi. — Canis americanus plancus. 



Is like the fmall dogs of Europe, but has a wild and melancholly air. 



Fernand. an. nov. hifp. 10. 



2 3 2 2. Netv-Holland Dog. — Canis antarticus* 



The tail is bufhy, and hangs downwards ;.the ears are fhort and erect; and the muzzle 

 is pointed. 



Dog of New-South- Wales. Gov. Phillips voy. 274. pi. xlv. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — This animal is rather lefs than two feet high, and about two feet and a 

 half in length: His head refembles that of a fox, having a pointed muzzle, garnifhed with whifkers, 

 and fhort erect ears -, the whole body and tail is of a light brown colour, growing paler towards the 

 belly, on the fides of the face, and on the throat ; the hind parts of the fore legs, the fore parts of 

 the hind legs, and all the feet, are white : On the whole, it is a very elegant animal, but fierce and 

 cruel ; from which, its figure, and the total want of;, the common voice of the Dog, and from gene- 

 ral refemblance in other refpecls, it feems more properly to belong to the Wolf than Dog kind. 



233 3. Wolf.— 2. Canis Lupus. 2. 



Has the tail hanging down, and bent inwards. Faun. fuec. 6. Schreber, iii. 346. tab. lxxxviii. 



Yellowifh brown Dog, Canis grifco-fiavefcens. BrifT. quad. 170. — Lupus. Gefn. quad. 634. Aldr, 

 Jig. 144. Jonft. quad. 89. Raj. quad. 173. — Loup, or Wolf. Sm. Buff. iv. 196. pi. lxiv. — Wolf. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 137. Brit. zool. i. 61. t. 1. Arft. zool. n. 9. Ridinger, t. 21. — The 

 Anatomy, E. N. C. d. 2. a. 9. obf. 71. and Cent. 10. npp. 450. 



Inhabits 



