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Show 548 MR. W. E. DE WINTON ON [^Pr« 1*^» CANIS CHAMA. (Fig. 10.) Canis chama, Smith (A.), S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1833, p. 87; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 81, pl. xvii. Megalotis caama, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 236, pl. xix. (1839). Vulpes caama, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1862). Fennecus caama, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 520, fig. 7, skull. Fig. 10. Skull of Canis chama, § nat. size. (B.M. 46.8.3.2; 815 a.) (From P. Z. S. 1868, p. 520.) General body-colour grizzled grey, the face reddish, most of the hairs white-tipped; ears long, rust-coloured; fore legs pale buff, with a brown streak running down the backs from the points of the elbows ; hind legs also pale buff, there is a conspicuous brown patch on the tibial joint, just above the hocks; the tail is bushy, most of the hairs tipped with black, almost completely black at the end of the brush. This Fox is somewhat nearly allied to the smaller G. famelicus, but is a longer-legged and larger animal. The skulls of these two species are approximately the same length, but that of C. chama is very much heavier and broader. The facial portion is particularly broad and the muzzle blunt; the zygomatic arches are nearlv as broad in front as behind. The back of the palate is very much broader, the tooth-row actually shorter, and the teeth very small, measuring less than those of C. famelicus. The skull much resembles that of Otocyon, but the squamosal portions of the zygomata are broader, and the supraorbital and temporal ridges are not so heavy. This species is found in sandy districts south of the Zambesi, from the extreme south of the Colony to Namaqualand and Bechuanaland. (3) T H E FENNEC. CANIS ZERDA. (Fig. 11.) L'Animal anonyine, Buffon, Hi,H. Nat. Suppl. iii. p. 148, pl xix (1776). |