Description of the Chdnyu or Wolf of Tibet. 475 



and the limbs, are clad in close ordinary hair ; the belly is 

 thinly covered with longer hairs : but all the rest of the animal 

 is clothed in a thick sheep-like coat, which is most abundant 

 on the neck, above and below. The longest piles (those of 

 the neck) are above four inches in length : those of the body 

 generally three inches to three and a half, and those of the 

 brush the same. The woolly piles are half an inch to an inch 

 shorter than the hairy ones. The longer hairy piles are fine 

 and elastic as those of a delicate man or a woman. On the 

 back many of them are entirely black : others have large 

 black points, then a pale central ring ; and lastly, a dusky 

 basal one : others again have a dusky basal ring, then a very 

 large pale one (flavescent- white), and a small black terminal 

 one, which last gradually disappears as you descend the 

 flanks, till on the lower surface the hairs become entirely 

 white. The woolly piles on the superior surface are almost 

 wholly brown, passing to yellowish- white as you descend the 

 flanks to the beUy, on which last part there are no piles of 

 this sort. The ample brush has no dark tip, as in most 

 other wolves, but is throughout concolorous with the body ; 

 the greatest portion however showing the prevalent earthy- 

 brown of the back. The entire face and limbs are pale and 

 unmarked. The outsides of the ears show a ruddier tint than 

 is observable anywhere else, and these ruddy hairs are tipt 

 with black. The general effect as to colour is, that the 

 animal is dull earthy-brown above ; yellowish- white below, and 

 on the face and limbs. The following are the dimensions 

 of an old female, procured with the scull complete : 



Snout to anus, 





Ft. 



3 



In. 



9 



Height at shoulder, 

 Tail and hair, . . 







2 

 1 



4 



7 



Tail only, 





1 



4 



Head, length of, 



, width of, 



, height of, 



Snout to fore-angle of 



eye, 





 

 

 



11 



5* 

 4f 

 5 



Thence to base of ear, 









4* 



Ears, length of, 









4f 



