254 MEXICAN, AND BLACK WOLF, 
Mexican wolf. 
This species lias a very large head, ash-coloured, 
striped transversely with bending dusky lines ; 
great jaws, vast teeth ; with very strong bristles 
on the upper lips, reflected backwards, not unlike 
the softer spines of a porcupine : its colour is grey 
and white; its ears are large, erect, and ash- 
coloured ; the space between them is marked with 
broad tawny spots : its neck is fat and thick, 
covered with a loose skin, marked with a long 
tawny stroke ; on the breast is another of the 
same kind ; the body is ash-coloured, spotted 
with black ; and the sides are striped, from the 
back downwards, with the same colour ; the belly 
is cinereous ; the tail long, of the colour of the 
belly, tinged in the middle with tawny ; the legs 
and feet are striped with black and ash-colour. 
This is the most beautiful of all wolves, and its 
skin should be esteemed for its variety of colours. 
Sometimes it is found white. It inhabits the hot 
parts of Mexico or New Spain; and agrees with 
the European wolf in its manners. It attacks 
cattle, and sometimes men. No wolves are found 
farther south on the new continent. 
Black wolf. J 
This animal, considered by Buffon and others 
as a variety only of the common wolf, is at pre- 
sent regarded as a distinct species. Like the 
common wolf, it is found both in Europe and 
America, as well as in some parts of Asia. It bears 
a great general resemblance to the common species, 
but is smaller, entirely black, with a somewhat 
thinner, or less bushy tail, hanging nearly straight ; 
the ears are larger in proportion than those of the 
