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Show 544 MR. W. E. DE WINTON ON [Apr. 1°» Canis niloticus, Cretzschm. Eiipp. Atlas, p. 41, t. 15 (1826) Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. pl. xix. (1830). ? Canis vulpecula, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. n. (1830). Vulpes niloticus, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. x. p. 248, pl.xxi.* (1840). ? Vulpes algeriensis, Loche, Expl. Alger., Zool. p. 21 (1867). Fig. 6. Skull of Canis vulpes cegyptiacus, f nat. size. (B.M. 98.6.5.6.) This is a local race of the European Fox, C. vulpes, and may be barely separable from the S. European form (var. rnela nog aster). The Algerian Fox is included in the synonymy, but this form seems identical with the Foxes of Southern Europe. CANIS VULPES ATLANTICUS. Canis vulpes, var. atlantica, Wagner (A.), Wagner (M.), Eeis. in Algier, iii. p. 31, pl. 3 (1841). Vulpes atlantica, de Wint. P. Z. S. 1897, p. 957. This form of the Atlas Mountains is only another subspecies of the European Fox, rather smaller than the form found in Egypt. (2) The Sand-Foxes. CANIS PALLIDUS. (Fig. 7.) ? Canis ruppelli, Scbinz, Cuv. Thierr. iv., Suppl. p. 508 (1825). Canis pallidus, Cretzschm. Eiipp. Atlas, p. 33, pl. xi. (1826); Mivart, Canida?, p. 142, pl., partim. ? Canis sabbar, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii.(1832). Cynalopex pallidus, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 228, pl. xvii. (1839). Canis corsac, Lesson, Tabl. Beg. Anim. p. 40 (1842), partim. Vulpes pallidus, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1862). Fennecus pallidus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 520. The dorsal region tawny, finely grizzled, almost the colour one sees in pale pug-dogs; paler on the sides and face, redder on the forehead; a reddish streak on the back of the fore legs from the |
