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Show 1868.J DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID.E. 501 4. LUPUS. Wolf. Head moderate, elongate ; nose moderate, tapering. Upper premolars slightly separated. 1. LUPUS VULGARIS. European Wolf. B.M. Canis lupus, Linn. Fauna Suecica, 3 ; Syst. Nat. i. 58 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 84. Lupus vulgaris, Brisson, R. A. 235. Lupus sylvestris, Aldrov. Digit. 173, fig. Wolf, Pennant. Loup, Buffon, H. N. vii. 39, t. 3 (skull). Loup d'Europe (C. lupus), Blainv. Osteogr. t. 3 (skeleton), t. 6 (skull). Hab. Europe, France (B. 31). Var. Black. Black Wolf. Canis lycaon, Erxleben, Syst. 560; Schreber, Saugeth. 353, t. 89. C. lupus niger, Herm. Obs. Zool. 32. Loup noir, Buffon, H. N. ix. 362, t. 41 ; F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. Black Wolf, Shaw. Hab. Europe, Pyrenees. 2. LUPUS CHANCO. The Chanco or Golden Wolf. B.M. Fur fulvous, on the back longer, rigid, with intermixed black and grey hairs; the throat, chest, belly, and inside of the legs pure white. Head pale grey-brown ; forehead grizzled with short black and grey hairs. Length of the body and head 42, tail 15 inches. Skull 85 inches long. Canis chanco, Gray,. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 94; Ann. & Mag. N. II. ser. 3. xii. p. 475. ? Lupus laniger, Hodgson, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1847. Hab. Chinese Tartary (Lieut. W. P. Hodnell, B.M.). The skull 1422 a is that of a normal European Wolf and about the same size (but the nose is longer, rather more slender) ; and the teeth, as well as the shape of the skull, are very similar to those of that animal. Two small grinders below behind the canines. 3. LUPUS OCCIDENTALIS. American Wolf. B.M. , Skull-forehead convex, rounded ; internal nostrils broad in front and narrow behind. Canis lupus griseus et albus, Sabine, Journ. 654 ; And. & Bachm. N. A. Quad. iii. 276, 1854. Canis lupus occidentalis, var. griseus et albus, Richard. F. Bor.- Am. i. 66, 1829. G. occidentalis, Dekay, Z. N. Y. i. 42, t. 27. f. 2; S. Baird, Mamm. N. A. 105 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 84. (Skull 165 e.) C. variabilis, Pr. Max. Reise N. A. ii. 95, 1841. 1 Lupus gigas, Townsend, Journ. Acad. N. S. Phil. ii. 75, 1850. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1868, No. XXXIII. |