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Sub-Ord. AROTOIDEA. 1 



Farn. CANID5!. 

 THOOIDEA. 



Gen. Canis 2 Linn. 



Canis, Linnaeus, S. N., (10), p. 38 (1758) ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. 

 Ind, Mamm., p. 135 (1888 — 91). 



133. Canis alpinus Pall. 



Canis alpinus, Pallas, Zool. Rosso Asiat., i, p. 34 (1831) ; Blyth, 

 Cat., p. 38; Van der Hoven, Verb. Kon. Akad. Amster., 1856, iii ; 

 Schrenck, Amur Land, Mamm , p. 48 (1859) ; Radde, Ost Sibérien, 

 p. 60; Severtzoff, Ann. Mag. N. H., (4), xviii, p. 48 (1876). 



Cuon alpinus, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H., 1846, xvii, p. 293 ; Gray, 

 Cat. Cam. Brit. Mus., p 184 (1S69) ; Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., 

 ii, p. 261 (1891). 



DlST. Highland of Central Asia, Turkestan, Thibet, Siberia 

 (Sclater) ; Saghalien (Schrenck). 



134. Canis hodophylax Temm. 



Canis hodophylax, Temminck, Fauna Japonica, Mamm., p 38 

 (1844); Thomas, P. Z. S., 1905, ii, p. 342. 



Nom. Jap. Yama-inu. Nom. Ang. Japanese wolf. 

 DiST. Hondo (Thomas), China. 



135. Canis lupus Linn. 



Canis lupus, Linnaeus, Fauna Suec, 3 ; ibid., S. N., (12), i, p. 58 

 (1766): Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm., p. 84; Hutton, J. A. S. B., xiv, 



1) Sub.-Ord. Arctoidea Winge is synonymous with Arctocyonidae Flower and Hypo- 

 m y eteri Cope. 



2) In this catalogue, the following genera are held to be synonymous with Gen. Canis : 

 — Lupus, Cuon and Cyon. 



