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CAIvTIS LATRANS . — Sat. 
Prairie Wolf, — Barking Wolf. 
PLATE LXXI. — Male. One-third Natural Size. 
C. cano cinereus nigris et opace pulvo-cinnameo-variegatus ; lateri- 
bus pallidioribus ; fasciS, taise liita brevinigrS ; cauda recta fusiformi 
cineraceo-cinnameoque variegata apice nigra. 
CHARACTERS. 
Hair cinereous grey, varied with black above and dull fulvous cinna- 
mon ; sides paler than the back, obsoletehj fasciate, with black above the 
legs ; tail straight, bushy, fusiform, varied with grey and cinnamon, tip 
black. 
SYNONYMES. 
Small Wolves, Dr Praly, Louisiana, vol. ii., p. 54. 
Prairie Wolf, Gass. Journal, p. 50. 
Prairie Wolf and Burrowing Dog, Lewis and Clark, vol. i., p. 102, 13,203. 
vol. iii., pp. 102, 186, 203. 
” Schoolcraft’s Travels, 285. 
Canis Lateans, Say, Long’s Exped. i., p. 108. 
” ” Harlan, p. 33. 
” ” God., 1 vol., 26. 
” ” Eiehardson, F. B. Ar. 75. 
Ltcisous Cajottis, Hamilton Smith, Nat. Lib., vol. iv., p. 164, p. 6. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The Barking or Prairie Wolf is intermediate in size, between the 
large American Wolf and the grey Fox (F. virginianus.) It is a 
more lively animal than the former, and possesses a cunning fox-like 
countenance. In seeing it on the prairies, and also in menageries, 
in a state of domestication, we have often been struck with its quick, 
restless manner, and with many traits of character that reminded us of 
sly reynard. 
The nose is sharp and pointed ; nostrils moderately dilated and naked 
— the upper surface to the forehead covered with compact short hairs ; 
eyelids placed obliquely on the sides of the head. Eyes rather small 
