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Show 516 ok'. .1. B. G R A Y O N T H E CANio.E. [June 25, 4. VULPES VARIEGATA. Schom or Aba. B.M. Canis variegatus, Riippell, Zool. Atlas, 31, t. 10; Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. t. ; Gray, L;st Mamm. B. M. 59- C. mesomelas, var., Riippell, Cat. Mus. Hab. Upper Egypt and Nubia, called " Abu Schom " by the Arabs (Riippell). 5. VULPES MESOMELAS. Tenlie. B.M. Canis mesomelas, Ehrenb. Saugeth. 370, t. 95; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 58. C. variegatus, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 30. Jackal, Kolbe, Besch. des Vorgeb. d. g. Hoffn. 150. Cape Jackal, Shaw. Renard du Cap, Cuv. R. A. i. 158. Hab. South and East Africa: Cape of Good Hope (Kolbe); Abyssinia (Riippell). *** Large. Asiatic. 6. VULPES FLAVESCENS. The Persian Fox. B.M. Skull-crown-line of adult narrow linear, of young tapering backwards to occiput. Vulpes flavescens, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1843, xi. 118; List of Mamm. B. M. 60 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 86. Hab. India, Salt Range (Oldham). Skulls 1175 a, b, c. Length 5 inches, width 2*§. 7. VULPES MONTANA. Hill-Fox. B.M. Vulpes montanus, Pearson, J. A. Soc. Beng. 1836, p. 313; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 195 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 86. V. nepaulensis, Gray, Mag. N. H. 1837- Canis himalaicus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 183; Royle, Illust. Cashmere, t. (B. M.). Hab. Nepal (Rev. R. Ewing); Thibet. Skull 176 a. 8. VULPES GRIFFITHSII. Vulpes griffithsii, Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng. 1854, p. 729. Hab. Afghanistan. **** Small. Asiatic 9. VULPES FERRILATUS. B.M. Vulpes ferrilatus, Hodgson. > Hab. Thibet. 10. VULPES LEUCOPUS. B.M. Vulpes leucopus, Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng. 1854, p. 729. Hab. North-west India; Moultan. |