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Show 1899.] THE CANIDcE OF AFRICA. 549 " Vulpes minimus saarensis" Skjuldebrand, K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1777, p. 265, pl. vi. Canis zerda, Zimm. Geogr. Gesch. ii. p. 247 (1780). Canis cerdo, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 75(1788). Viverra aurita, Meyer (F. A. A.), Syst.-summ. zool. Eutdeek. Neu-Holl. u. Afr. p. 91 (1793). Fennecus arabicus, Desmar. Nouv. Diet. H. N. .xxiv. 1804, Tabl. Meth. p. 18. Megalotis cerda, Illig. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. p. 131 (1811). Megalotis cerdo, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. ii. p. 1032 (1816). Fennecus brucei, Desmar. Enc. Meth., Mamm. p. 235 (1820). Megalotis zerda, Schiuz, Cuv. Tbierr. i. p. 222 (1821). Fennecus cerdo, Childr. & Vigors, Denbam & Clapp. Trav. Afr. App. xxi. p. 183, pl. (1826). Canis megalotis, Smith (1L), Griff. Cuv. Anim. Kingd. ii. p. 373, pl. (1827). Megalotis brucei, id. ibid. v. p. 152. Canis fennecus, Less. Man. Mamm. p. 168 (1827). Megalotis zerda, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 237, pl. xx. (1839). Fennecus zerda, Less. Nouv. Tabl. Eegn. Anim. p. 39 (1842). Vulpes zaarensis, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1843). Canis cerda, Gerv. Mamm. ii. p. 75 (1855). Megalotis fennecus, Knight's Pict. Mus. Anim. Nat. p. 207 (c. 1860). Fennecus zaarensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 519. Fig. 11. Skull of Canis zerda, f- nat. size. (B.M. 182/.) Very pale fawn on the upper parts, on the shoulders or fore part of the back some of the longer hairs are black-tipped; from the saddle backwards the hairs are more uniformly coloured and more glistening, paler on the face and legs, and gradually becoming silvery white underneath; brownish patches between the eyes and whiskers ; black tip to the tail; gland on tail very evident, the coarse texture of the black-tipped hairs covering this part being more evident in this animal than in any other, owing to the silkiness of tbe fur generally. Underfur on all the upper PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1899, No.' XXXVI. 36 |