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Show 508 IM*. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID.E. [June 25, Cased Wolves, Furrier's List. Lyciscus cayotis, Ham. Smith, Nat. Lib. Dogs. ? Canis ochropus, Eschsch. Zool. Atlas, i. t. 11; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 59 ; Zool. Sulph. 32, t. 10. I lab. North America (in packs): Upper Missouri (Long); California (B. 31). " Replaces the Jackal of the Old World. Brings forth its young in a burrow. Barks like a Domestic Dog."-<S. Baird. Skulls 171 a, b, c. Width at zygomata 3 inches 4 lines; length of palate 3 inches 5 lines, of the upper jaw at the hinder edge of the sectorial tooth 2 inches, at the. base of the canines 1 inch 1 line. 1237 a. Vulpes velox, Rich. Skull 171 c. Length 7 inches ; width at zygomata 3 inches 10 lines, at preorbital foramen 1 inch 3 lines, at outer hinder end of the sectorial tooth 2 inches 1 line, of the upper jaw at the base of the canines 1 inch 1 line; length of palate 3 inches 9 lines. B. DOGS. Tail elongate, curved or curled; temporal muscle only separated by a line or coronal ridge. 7. CANIS. Dog. Head moderate or elongate. Ears often dependent or recurved. The small hinder tubercular grinder of the upper and lower jaws well developed. I. CANIS FAMILIARIS. Cog. (Fig. 5, p. 507.) B.M. Canis familiaris, Linn. S. N. i. 56 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 57 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 82. C. domesticus, Linn. Mus. Adolph. Frid. i. 6. C. fam. terra; novce, Blainv. Osteogr. Canis, t. 8 (skull). Ghien, Buffon, 11. N. v. 300, t. 15. Chien domestique, Cuv. R. A. i. 152. Dog, Penn. Common Dog, Shaw. Hab. The World where inhabited by man. Skull 166/. Bhotea Dog (black and tan). Nepaul (Hodgson). Length 8 inches 2 lines. Very like the skull of the Wolf of Europe. B.M. Skull 166 b. Tibetan Mastiff. Nepaul (Hodgson). Length 9 inches. B.M. Skull 166. Bull-Dog (fig. 5, p. 507). Utrecht Collection. B.M. Canis familiaris nepalensis, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (teeth). Canis familiaris japonicus, Temm. Fauna Japon. t. 10. f. 5,6 (skull); Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 84. Canis familiaris chinensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, f. (skull). B.M. C. fam. novce hibernice, Fischer, Syn. 186. Native Dog of New Zealand. B.M. |