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Show 1868.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANIDAE. 497 very broad ; internal nasal opening broad. Postorbital process convex above, bent down at the end. Teeth 42; false grinders jj^ ; sectorial ^ ; molars ^ ; the upper and lower premolars acutely dentated on the front and, especially, on the hinder edge; upper sectorial teeth strong, elongate, trigonal, broad, with a small but well-marked interior lobe in front. First upper tubercular tooth large, with a broad rounded internal lobe; the second upper tubercular oblong transverse, much smaller ; lower hinder tubercular very small, cylindrical. This group is intermediate between the Hyaena and the Dog. The manner of copulation is said to be different from the Dog's, and similar to that of the Hysena. 1. LYCAON VENATICUS. Simur or Mebbra. (Fig. 1, p. 496.) B.M. Kynos pictus, Riippell. Lycaon tricolor, Brooks. L. typicus, A. Smith. L. venaticus, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 67; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones in B. M. 90. Canis aureus, Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Petersb. iii. 302. Hycena picta, Temm. Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. iii. 54, t. 35 ; Kuhl, Beitr. 75. H. venatica, Burch. Travels, i. 456 ; fig. ii. 222, 232. Chien hyenoide, Cuv. Oss. Foss. iv. 386. Hycena Dog, Griffith, A. K. Canis tricolor, Griffith, A. K. v. 288, t. C. pictus, Desm. Mamm. Suppl. 338; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 8 (skull), t. 9 (teeth). Var.? Canis pictus, Cretsch. in Riippell's Atlas, 35, t. 12. Hab. Africa: Cape of Good Hope (Burchell) (called Mebbra) ; East Africa, Cordofan (Riippell) (called Simur). Subfam. 2. CANINA. Head more or less elongate; nose tapering. Teeth moderate. Palate elongate. A. WOLVES. Tail short, straight, bushy, not reaching below the heel. * Head short. Skull elongate. Teeth 38 ; tubercular grinders ^-^7 2-2 1 - 1 rarely j-^ or - . 2. ICTICYON. Head short, broad. Teeth 38 ; false grinders 3.3 in each jaw; flesh-teeth large, three-lobed; upper with a small internal lobe on the front edge ; the lower sharp-edged ; tubercular grinders -^ ; upper large, triangular, transverse; lower small, circular; false Q Q grinders j ^ . |
