KARAGAN FOX. 5215 
fee sent into Turkey. The Count de Buifon, ac- 
cording to Mr. Pennant, confounds this species 
with the Isatis or Arctic Fox. 
KAllAGAN FOX. 
Canis Karagan. C. cauda recta, corpore griseo, auriculis rngris, 
JJn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 74. 
With strait tail, grey body, and black ears. 
This is a small species, which, according to 
Dr. Pallas, is veiy common in almost all parts of 
the Kirghision deserts, and Great Tartary. Its ge- 
neral colour is a wolf-grey ; the head yellowish, and 
above the eyes reddish : the ears are black on the 
outside, and white within, with the edge and base 
red; and near the base is a white spot: between 
the shoulders is a dark spot, from which, along 
the back to the tail, runs a reddish or yellowish 
streak: the throat and breast are of a deep or 
blackish grey, the belly white. The above de-» 
scription is from Dr. Pallas, as communicated to 
Mr. Pennant. 
