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under-parts are nearly black. The great peculiarity of this animal is, however, the 
circumstance that it has usually but one molar tooth in the upper jaw, and only 
two of these teeth in the lower jaw, so that it has fewer teeth than any other 
member of the dog family. This, however, is not all, for the lower flesh-tooth has 
no trace of the cusp found on the inner side of the blade in all other dogs; while 
the heel of the same tooth, instead of being broad and adapted for grinding, is 
brought to a sharp cutting-edge. These features indicate that the bush-dog is a 
more specialised animal than the other members of the family. 
But little is known of the habits of the bush-dog in the wild state, as it is but 
seldom seen, and is probably nocturnal. We are informed, however, that these 
animals are, for their size, very fierce, and hunt in packs. They are found only in 
the interior of the countries they inhabit; and are said to take readily to the 
water. A specimen kept in captivity was very indiscriminate in its feeding, but 
preferred animal to vegetable substances. Fossil remains of the bush-dog are 
found in the caverns of Brazil, in company with those of a host of strange animals 
long since passed away. 
Lalande’s Dog (Otocyon megalotis ). 
As the bush-dog is remarkable for the diminution in the number of its teeth, 
so the long-eared, or Lalande’s dog, is peculiar in that it has more than the ordinary 
lalande’s dog (i nat. size). 
