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Show 503 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID^E. [June 25, 5. SlMENIA. Head elongate ; nose very slender, elongate. Skull with a very slender elongate nose; the premolars small and very far apart. 1. SIMENIA SIMENSIS. Abyssinian Wolf. (Fig. 4, p. 505.) B.M. Canis simensis, Riippell, Abyss. Fauna, t. 14 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B.M. 58 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 82. Hab. Abyssinia (Riippell, type in B. M.). Skull 162 a (fig. 4) Length 7 inches 9 lines. Coronal ridge linear. 6. CHRYSOCYON. Head very long; nose slender. Pupils round. Tail short, reaching only to the hocks. Skull elongate; nose very long, slender; coronal crest single, linear; postorbital process thick, convex above, bent down at the tip. Premolars approximate, large. Sectorial tooth in the same line as the other teeth. Internal palate narrow. Chrysocyon, Ham. Smith, Dogs; Burmeister, Faun. Bras. 24. * Upper sectorial tooth moderate. Chrysocyon. 1. CHRYSOCYON JUBATA. Guara. B.M. Canis mexicanus, Sonn. Nouv. Diet. vi. 505 (not Linn.). Canis jubatus, Desm. Mamm. 198; Burm. Faun. Brasil. t. 21, t. 26. f. 1. Chrysocyon jubatus, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 89. Canis campestris, Pr. Max. Beitr. ii. 334, n. I ; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (skull). Loup rouge, Cuv. R. A. i. 154, iv. t. 1. Hub. South America (solitary); Paraguay (Azara); Brazil (Pr. Max.) ; Buenos Ayres. ** Upper sectorial tooth transverse, very larye. Neocyon. 2. CHRYSOCYON LATRANS. Prairie-Wolf. Coyote. B.M. Muzzle short, like that of a Fox; tail short, like a Wolf's. Skull 1/1 a very like Lupus anthus; but nose longer and more slender. Canis latrans, Say, in Long's Exped. i. 1 68 ; Aud. & Bachm. N. A. Quad. ii. 150, t. 71, 1829; Baird, Mamm. N. A. 113; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 85 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 58 ; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (skull). Vulpes velox, Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. n. 1237 a. Var. Small. C. frustror, Woodhouse, Proc. Ac. N. S. Philad. v. 147 (1850), v. 157 (1851). Small Wolves, Dupretz. Burrowing Dog, Lewis & Clark. |