15S MAMMALIA. FERiE. Dog. 



238 4. Mexican Wolf. — 3. C. Lupus mzxicanus. 8. 



The tail is fmooth, and bent downwards : the body is afli coloured, variegated with 

 dufky ftripes and tawny fpots. 



Cafeis cinereus, or Afh-coloured Dog, jotted with tawny. Briff. quad. 237. — Quauhpecotli, or 

 American Mountain-cat. Seba, muf. i. 68. t. 42. f. 2.— Xoloitcuintli, or Mexican Wolf. Hernand. 

 Mex. 479.— Cuatlachtli, Lupus indicus, or Indian Wolf. Ternand. nov. Hifp. 7.— Mexican Wolf. 

 Sm. Buff. viii. 258. Perm. hift. of quad. n. 138. 



Inhabits the warm parts of Mexico and New Spain. — The body is afh coloured, with dark brown 

 ftripes, and having tawny yellow fpots on the fore-head, neck, breaft, belly, and tail ; the head is 

 very large, with great jaws, and ftrong teeth ; above the mouth there are fome briftles, as large, but 

 not fo hard, as the fpines of a Hedge-hog ; the neck is very thick. This animal agrees with the 

 Wolves of the Old World in its ravenous manners, and in its general form, except as above de- 

 fcribed. 



239 j8. White Mexican Wolf. — C. Lupus mexicanus alius. 



Of a uniform white colour. Fernand. hift. anim. nov. Hif. 7. 



According to Fernandez, who defcribes the animals of New Spain, the Mexican Wolf is fome- 

 . times found of a uniform white colour, but agreeing in every other particular with the Striped Mexi- 

 can Wolf juft defcribed. 



240 5. Surinam Wolf. — 4. C. Lupus Thous. 9. 



The tail is fmooth, and bent downwards ; the body is grey on the upper, and white on 

 the under parts. 



Surinam Wolf. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 147. 



Inhabits Surinam. — The body is grey above, and entirely white on the under parts ; the ears are 

 erect, and. of the fame colour with the body ; the face has a wart over each eye, on each cheek, and 

 under the throat ; and the tongue is fringed at the fides. It is about the fize of a large Cat. 



241 6. Striped Hyaena. — 5. Canis Hyaena. 3. 



Has a fliort firaight tail ; erect hair, like a mane, on the neck ; naked ears ; and only 

 four toes on all the feet. Schreber, iii. 371. tab. xcvi. Miller on var. fubj. tab. xix. A. 



Taxus porcinus, f. Hyaena sntiquorum. Kaempfer, amoen. exot. 411. t. 417. f. 4.— Lupus mari- 

 rms. Eclion. aqtrat. 33. t. 34. Jonft. quad. t. 57. Gem. 359. — Hyaena. Briff. quad. .169. . .!. 

 Buff. v. 226. pi. exxv. — Striped Hyaena. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 149 — Indianifcher Wolf, mea- 

 ger, allerl. Thiers, t. 37. 



Inhabits the eafiern and fouthern parts of the Old World, Mount Caucafus, and the Altaic Chain, 

 Afiatic Turkey, Syria, Perfia, and Barbary. — This animal is the 'T«iu«, KjoKnAas- and K.gox.c ,-.«,, of the 

 ancients, and is likewife named D.x-ioc by Ariftotle. — It burrows. in the ground, and dwells in caves, 



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