THE EUROPEAN FOX. 
Can IS VuLPES. Linn. 
It is by no means our intention to enter at length into 
the history of so common an animal as the European 
Fox ; but our object being to illustrate, as far as lies in 
our power, the characters of all the Foxes at present 
confined in the Society's Menagerie, it becomes neces- 
sary to give at least a brief sketch of the most univer- 
sally known among them, which may serve as a point 
of comparison for the rest. Before however we proceed 
to this part of our subj ect, it will be proper to enumerate 
the characters by which they are connected with the 
Dog, Wolf, and Jackal into one common group; as 
well as those distinguishing peculiarities on which it 
has been so repeatedly attempted to institute a separate 
generic division for the reception of the Foxes alone. 
In its most comprehensive sense the genus Canis is 
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