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' #480 Otocyon megalotis (Desm., 1822, Encycl. m^th., Mamm., (2), 538 
[Canis ^) Lesson, 1842, N. Tab. Regne Anim., Nov., 39. Cape Fennec, 
Delalande's fox, Desert fox, great-eared fox, large-eared Cape dog, long- 
eared fox, Loffelhund, Bakoor (basin-eared) jackal, Motlose. Western 
S. Africa through Central Africa to Somaliland. 
Dipylidium t308. — Intest. 
^caninum. — S. Africa. 
Iuheella< t285.— Intest. 
pretoriensis. — Pretoria, S. Africa *. 
T. h. 
Ancylostoma t387. — Intest. 
trigonocephalum 
Oxynema t488ty4. — Intest. 
crassispiculum. 
rectum ^. — Egypt. 
Rhipicephalus t875. — Ext. 
1[sanguineus. 
Ctenocephalides tl639. 
^canis. 
#481 (471). Vulpine or Alopecoid series as of Flower & Lydekker, 1891a, 552, and 
Lydekker, 1911, Encycl. brit., v. 5, 371. — Foxes. Pupil vertical, elliptical. 
Postorbital process of frontal bone hollowed above, with its outer margin 
(particularly of anterior border) somewhat raised; frontal air sinus absent. 
Mammae 8 or 10. N. America, Eurasia, Africa, not South America. Es- 
sentially subgenus Vulpina as of Leunis, 1883a, 190; section Vulpinae of 
Gray, 1868, 494. See #482. 
#482 (487). Foxes. — Tail elongate, reaching to ground, bushy, covered with 
abundance of soft hair, forming a brush; with a gland covered with coloured 
hair on the upper part, gland above the base. Eyes often nocturnal with 
oblong erect pupils. Skull very long. Upper carnassials compressed, 
3-lobed, with a small tubercle on front part of inner side. See #483. 
#483 (484). Fennecus Desmarest, 1804, Nouv. Diet. Hist, nat., ed. 1, v. 24, 
18 [nv], tsd. (1904) arabicus so. cerdo Gmel. in Linn., Africa. — Ears extraor- 
dinarily large, elongate, hairy, spreading; bullae of ears very large, thin, 
swollen and rounded below; temporal muscles separated from each other by 
a very wide urn-shaped crown to the occiput; pupil roundish(?); skull 
elongate; braincase ovate; upper premolars compressed; carnassial com- 
pressed, with small internal process in front; tubercular grinder much wider 
than long. Tail elongate, bushy, covered with soft hairs. Africa. 
#483 Fennecus brucei" Desm., 1820, Encycl. m6th., Mamm., pt. 1, 235, renam- 
ing of zerda. So. #483 Fennecus zerda, q. v. 
#483 Fennecus [or Megalotis*, OtoHcnus*»*, Vulpes^*] (Lupina 0 cerdo" 
(Gmel. in Linn., 1788, Syst. Nat., ed. 13, v. 1, 75 [Canis i]) Children in 
Denham & Clapperton, 1826, Narr. Trav. Africa, App., 184. Fennec fox, 
Fennek, Grossohrfuchs, Wiistenfuchs. Africa (Sahara Desert*). Syn. 
Megalotis cerda™ Illiger, 1811. So. #483 Fennecus zerda, q. v. 
#483 Fennecus ' dorsalis (Gray, 1837, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 132 [Canis ' 
(Vulpes)]) Trouess., 1897c, Cat. Mamm., Berolini, v. 1, 313. African fox. 
So. #485 Vulpes dorsalis, q. v. 
#483 Fennecus [or Megalotis, Vulpes^] famelicus (Cretzschmar in Rueppell, 
1826, Atlas Reise nord Afr., ZooL, v. 1, 15, pi. 5 [Canis']) Lesson, 1842, N. 
<7 Syns.: Megalotis Illiger, 1811, Prod. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 131, mt. cerda °> Illiger so. cerdo Gmel. in 
Linn.; 
Otolicnus h Fischer, 1814, Zoognosia, v. 3, 212-214, mt. cerdo; [not Otolicnus Illiger, 1811, primate]; 
Vulpes h Skjoldebrand, 1777, K. Vetensk. Acad. Handl., Stockholm, v. 38, 265-267, pi. 6,mt. 
minimus saarensis • (from Sahara ') so, (tsd. 1904) cerdo [not #485 Vulpes Frisch, 1776, foxes]. 
