474 Description of the CMngu or Wolf of Tibet. 



CANIDiE. 



Genus Canis. — Sub-genus Lupus. 



Lupus Laniger mihi. The Chdngu of the Tibetans. Hab. 

 Tibet. 



Sp. Ch. Wolf, with long, sharp face, elevated brows, broad 

 head, large pointed ears, thick woolly pilage, and very full 

 brush of medial length. Above dull earthy-brown ; below, 

 with the entire face and limbs, yellowish- white. No marks 

 on the limbs. Tail concolorous with the body, that is, 

 brown above and yellowish below, and no dark tip. Length 

 four feet. Height two and a half feet. 



This animal is common all over Tibet, and is a terrible 

 depredator among the flocks. The great Bhotia mastiff is 

 chiefly employed to guard against it. It has the general 

 form of the European wolf ; but its colour is very different, 

 and it has more elevated brows, larger ears, and a much 

 fuller brush. Its pilage is also dissimilar and unique. From 

 this last circumstance I derive its specific name, having no 

 doubt that it is a new species. The Changii has a long, sharp 

 face, with the muzzle or nude space round the nostrils pro- 

 longed considerably beyond the teeth, and furnished with an 

 unusually large lateral process, by which the nostrils are 

 much over-shadowed sideways, and nearly closed. The eye is 

 small, and placed nearer to the ear than to the nose ; the 

 brows are considerably elevated by the large size of the 

 frontal sinuses ; the ears are large, and gradually tapered to 

 a point from their broad bases, and they have the ordinary 

 fissure towards their posteal base ; the head is broad ; the 

 teeth large and strong ; the body long and lank ; the limbs 

 elevated and very powerful ; the brush extends to half-way 

 between the mid flexure (os calcis) of the hind limbs and their 

 pads, and is as full as that of a fox. The fur or pilage is 

 remarkable for its extreme woolliness, the hairy piles being 

 few and sparely scattered amongst the woolliness which 

 are most abundant. The head as far as the ears, the ears 



