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MEXICAN WOLF. 
Canis Mexicanus. C. cauda deflexa Icevi, corpore cinereo, fasciis 
fuscis maculisqiie fidms variegato. Lin, Si/s(. Nat. Gmel jo. 7 1 , 
Bog with deflected tail, and ash-coloured body, variegated with 
dusky bands and fulvous spots. 
Canis cinereus, maculis fulvis variegatus. Briss. Qmdr. 237. 
Loup de Mexique Buff. i^.p. 49. 
Mexican Wolf. Pennant Quadr. i.p, 2 jo. 
This species, which BufFon is inchned to con- 
sider as a variety of the common Wolf, gradually 
altered by climate (having, as he supposes, mi- 
grated originally from the northern parts of the 
American continent to the southern), appears to 
have been first described by Hernandez, in his 
account of Mexico. In its general appearance it 
resembles the common Wolf; but has a head 
twice as large, a thicker neck, and a less bushy 
tail: the colour of the body is cinereous, marked 
with some yellow spots: the head is of the same 
colour with the body, and marked with transverse 
brownish lines, and the front is spotted with yel- 
low : above the mouth are situated several bristles, 
as large, but not so stiff, as those of a hedgehog : 
the ears are grey, like the head and body: there 
is a long yellow spot on the neck, another on the 
breast, and a third on the belly : on the flanks are 
transverse bands from the back to the belly : the 
tail is grey, with a yellow spot in the middle : the 
legs are barred mth grey and bro\^Ti. The de- 
scription, as given by Mr. Pennant, differs some- 
what from the former, and is thus delivered : 
