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In case 21^ are the Wolves. The species and races repre- 
sented include the European Wolf, C. lupus (517), the American 
Wolf, C. lupus nuUlus (510), and the great Alaskan Black 
A\ ol£, C. 1. pamhasileus (512), the latter represented by a 
specimen presented by Mr. F. C. Selous. The Prairie-Wolf or 
Coyote, C. latrans (513), of North America, and the very 
difterent Red or Maned Wolf, C. juhatus (514), of South 
America, are also shown. The Jackals of Africa and India 
(in the same case) are smaller in size, well-known species being 
C'. aureus (523), C. adustus (525), and C. mesomelas (524). 
Among the Foxes {^UlI 2 >es) maybe noticed the (,/ommonFox, 
I . alopex or V. indices (543), the Cross-Fox of North America, 
V. V. fulca (541), and others. The white phase of the 
Arctic Fox, V, Iapo]ius (540), one of the most important fur- 
bearing animals, changes the colour of its coat according to the 
season, like many other Arctic animals ; but the blue phase 
retains its dark colour all the year round. 
The beautiful large-eared Fennecs (case 22) of Africa are 
closely allied to the Foxes. With these is placed a specimen 
of the Long-eared Fox of South and East Africa, Otocyon 
megalotis (535), noticeable for its very numerous teeth and 
sharp-pointed and long ears. 
The African Hunting-Dog, Lycaon pictus (518), so remarkable 
for its external similarity^ to a small Spotted Hy?eua, forms a 
genus by" itself, readily characterized by having but four toes 
to each foot (case 21^). Another peculiar genus is represented 
only by the Bush-Dog, Speothus venaticus (548), of Guiana and 
Brazil, and an allied South American species ; an example 
of the first is exhibited in case 22. Its molar teeth are quite 
unlike those of other members of the family. The Wild Dogs 
or Dholes of Asia (case 21*) resemble, in some respects, the 
Hunting-Dog, but since they have five front toes, fewer teeth, 
and other characteristic points of difference, they are regarded 
as representing a separate genus, under the name of Cyon, the 
species represented being the Central Asian C. alpinus (519) 
and the Indian C, deccaiiensis (521). 
J With the Raccoon tribe, or Procyonidce (case 25), we come 
to the first of three families of Land-Carnivora, which differ from 
