BLACK WOLF. 297 
D> With a very large head; great jaws; vast 
teeth : on the upper Hps strong bristles, reflected 
backwards, not unlike the softer spines of a por- 
cupine, and of a grey and white-colour : large, 
erect, cinereous ears ; the space between marked 
with broad tawny spots: the head ash-coloured, 
striped transversely with bending dusky lines : 
neck fat and thick, covered with a loose skin, 
marked with a long tawny stroke : on the breast is 
another of the same kind: body ash-coloured, 
spotted with black; and the sides striped, from 
the back downwards, with the same colour : belly 
cinereous : tail long, of the colour of the belly, 
tinged in the middle with tawny : legs and feet 
striped with black and ash-colour." Mr. Pen- 
nant adds, that Hermandez himself (its first de- 
scriber) considers it as a variety of the common 
species. It is sometimes found white. It is a 
native of the hotter parts of Mexico, and in its 
manners agrees with the common Wolf. 
BLACK WOLF. 
Canis Lycaon. C. cauda recta, corpore toto migro, Lin, 
Nat, Gmel. p. 'j^. 
Black Wolf with strait tail. 
Loup noir. Buff. g. p. ^62. pi, j^i. 
This animal, considered by Buffon and others 
as a variety only of the common Wolf, is at pre- 
sent regarded as a distinct species. Like the 
common Wolf, it is found both in Europe and 
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