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parallel, white stripes down the back, these breaking" up on 

 the rump into spots and transverse bars. Tail black with 

 long-, white pencil at tip. U 18^, T. 7}4. The Little Striped 

 Skunk is found throughout the mountains where it seems to 

 be commoner than the large skunk. 



FAMILY CANIDAE (THE DOGS). 



Carnivora that walk on the toes only, never on the sole of 

 the foot; claws blunt; hind toes 4; teeth 42 in our species. 



a. Upper front teeth distinctly lobed, pupil of eye circular 



(Dogs and Wolves). Genus Canis. 



aa. Upper front teeth not lobed, pupil of eye elongate not 



circular. 



b. Tail without mane of stiff hairs, and with abundant 



soft under fur (Red Foxes). Genus VulpES. 



bb. Tail with a concealed mane of stiff hairs and without 



soft fur (Gray Foxes). Genus Urocyon. 



GENUS CANIS, L. 



62. C. occidental is Rich. American Wolf. Back brownish 

 or blackish mixed with tawny, belly light tawny or dirty 

 whitish. Total length nearly five feet. Found sparingly 

 throughout the mountains. Dr. Donald Wilson reports it 

 from Graham county, Mr. R. W. Collett says it is growing 

 very scarce in Cherokee, Mr. Fain says there are very few in 

 Buncombe. Mr. H. H. Brimley, Curator of the State 

 Museum, in forms me it has been taken in recent years in 

 Yaueey, Caldwell and Watauga. Dr. Merriain states that in 

 the year of one of his visits to Roan Mt. a den of wolves was 

 discovered there and the young captured alive (in 1887 or 

 1892). 



GENUS VULPES, RICHARDSON. 



63. V. fulvus Desm. Red Fox. Reddish, feet and ears 

 blackish, tip of tail white. L. 40. The commoner fox in the 

 mountains and thence eastward along the northern border of 



