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Show 522 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID.E. [June 25, moderate, ovate, swollen. Upper tubercular grinders large, long broad. Urocyon, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 121. 1. UROCYON VIRGINIANUS. Grey Fox. B.M. Skulls 179 a, b, c, d, e, female adult. Canis virginianus, Erxl. S. R. A. 567, 1777 (from Catesby). C. vulpes virginianus, Rich. F. B. A. i. 96, 1827. Vulpes virginianus, Dekay, N. Y. Zool. i. 45, t. 7- f. 2, 1842; Aud. & Bachm. N. A. Quad. i. 162, t. 21. Canis einereo-argenteus, Erxl. S. R. A. 576, 1777; Schreber, Saugeth. 360, t. 92, 1778. C. griseus, Bodd. Elench. Anim. i. 97, 1784. Grey Fox, Catesby, Carol, ii. 78, t. 78, 1731 ; Pennant. Corsak Fox, Penn. Quadr. 235, 1/81 (not Linn.). Vulpes (Urocyon) virginianus, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 138. Fulvous-necked Fox, Shaw. Renard tricolore, Cuv. R. A. i. 155. Hab. North America. 2. UROCYON LITTORALIS. Coast-FOX, or Short-tailed Fox. Tail one-third the length of the body, with a concealed mane of stiff hairs and with a black stripe above. Fur above hairy and black; sides of neck, fore legs, and lower part of sides dull cinnamon ; chin and sides of muzzle black. Vulpes (Urocyon) littoralis, Baird, Mamm. N. A. 143, t. 1 (animal), t. 35. f. 2 (skull). Hab. California, Island of San Miguel. Scarcely more than half the size of the Grey Fox (U. virginianus). F. RACCOON DOG. Tail short, bushy ; upper sectorial tooth compressed, three-lobed, with a small internal tubercle. Temporal muscles separated by a vase-shaped crown. 15. NYCTEREUTES. Tail short, bushy, straight. Teeth 42 ; premolars ^, molars -•; sectorial tooth compressed, with a small internal tubercle rather in front of the fore edge of the body of the tooth. Skull broad ; nose moderate, tapering ; postorbital process thin, rather concave above, bent down at the tip. Crown of the head broad, vase-like, separating the temporal muscles nearly to the occiput. Lower edge of lower jaw straight. Nyctereutes, Temm., Gray, List of Mamm. NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES. Tanate, or Raccoon Dog. B.M. Canis procyonoides, Gray, Illust. Ind. Zool. ii. t. ; Mag. N. H. 1837, p. 578; Schrenck, Amurland, 53, t. 5, |