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CANIS LUPUS. — Linn: Var. Rufus. 
Red Texan Wolf. 
PLATE LXXXIL— Male. 
C. Colore supra inter fulvum nigrum variante, subtus dilutior ; cauda 
apice nigro. 
CHARACTERS. 
Varied with red and black above, lighter beneath. End of tail black. 
DESCRIPTION. 
In shape the Red Texan Wolf resembles the common gray variety. It 
is more slender and lighter than the white Wolf of the North West, and 
has a more cunning fox-like appearance. The hairs on the body are not 
woolly like those of the latter but lie smooth and flat. Its body and legs 
are long, nose pointed, and ears erect. 
COLOUR. 
The body above is reddish-brown mixed up with irregular patches of 
black ; the shorter hairs being light yellowish-brown at the roots, deep- 
ening into reddish at the tips ; many of the longer hairs interspersed are 
black from the roots through their whole extent. Nose, outer surface of 
ears, neck, and legs, chestnut-brown, a shade paler on the under surface. 
There is a browm stripe on the fore-legs extending from the shoulders to 
near the paws. Moustaches few and black ; inner surfaces of ears soil- 
ed-white ; nails black ; along the upper lip, under the chin, and on the 
throat, grayish-white. Upper surface and end of tail, as well as a broad 
band across the middle portion, black. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Ft. Inches. 
From point of nose to root of tail, - - - - 2 11 
Tail, 1 i 
