CARNlVORAj PINNIPEDIA. 
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CARNIVOEA. 
Felis. Philippi describes and figures F, guinna (Mob) and the skulls of 
F. colocolo and F. pajeros. Wiegm. Arch. 1873, pp. 8-16, pis. 2 & 3. — Giebel 
makes some remarks on the skulls of F. concolor^ F. eyra, and F. yaguarundi. 
Zeitschr. ges. Ntrw. 1872, vi. p. 431. 
Felis pardinoides (Gray)=i^e/w geoffroyi (D’Orb.), according to Elliot,' 
P. Z. S. 1872, p. 203. 
Felis. M. A. Milne-Edwards continues his account of the Chinese species 
in Rech. Mammif. : — F. irhts (distinct from F. tnlliano), j). 213, F. chinensis, 
p. 21G, pi. 31a. fig. 2, jP. microtis, sp. n., p. 221, pis. 31 a, 31 &. fig. 1, F. tristis, 
sp. n., p. 223, pi. 31 d, and F. manuz, p. 22^. 
^Fclis scripta is indicated as a new species from Moupin. Id. Nouv. Arch. 
Mus. vii. Bull. p. 92. 
4 Canis. Besides the common wolf. Prof. Jeitteles divides the wild dogs 
into two groups : — a. The jackal of the Mediterranean fauna, h. The prairie- 
Avolf of North America (Cams lupaster), the Pyrenean wolf, the prairie- 
wolves of Eastern Europe, the dingo, F. Cuvier’s Canis anthus, ^ , from the 
Senegal, and perhaps the wolf of Japan, are varieties of one and the same 
forin, which may be termed Canis lycoides. Mittheil. anthrop. Ges. Wien, 
1872. 
Canis familiaris. A case of a bitch producing a litter of ten female pups 
at a birth, and another of a litter of sixteen, only one of which was of the 
male sex, are recorded in the Zoologist, 1872, pp. 2290, 3016. 
^ Dr. Hensel relates his experiences with the domestic dog in Southern 
Brazil. Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 1-7, 33-39, 78. 
Canis juhatus and C. azarce. Notes by Dr. Hensel, 1. c. pp. 76, 77. 
Cuon [Cyo«]. Dr. Murie regards the Indian wild dogs, which have been 
specifically separated, as variations of one and the same form, for which , the 
name Canis prinuBvus may be retained. He describes the external and 
internal characters of the Dukkun variety. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 715-721, with 
woodcuts. 
Canis mesomelas. A case of abnormal dentition noticed by Donitz. SB. ’ 
ntrf. Freund. Berl. 1872, p. 64. 
Canis vidpes. On a whitish variety, Krauss, Wiirtt. ntrw. Jahresh. 1872, 
pp. 39-46. 
Nandinia hinotata. Note on the anatomy, by W. H. Flower, P. Z. S. 1872, 
pp. 682-683. ^ 
SHerpestes griseus described by Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 1872, p. 227. 
^Fossa dauhentoni. Animal and skull described and figured by Gray, 
A. & M. N. H. 1872, x. p. 206, and P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 869-872, pi. 74. 
■\Pictorius moupinensis, P. astutus, and P. davidianus indicated as new species, 
from Western China, by A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. vii. Bull, 
p. 92. 
Galera harbara. Note on varieties by Gray, A. & M. N. H. 1872, x. 
p. 405. 
PINNIPEDIA. 
A short account, with figures of the skulls, of Th^ Seals 
