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Show 502 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANID.E. [Jlllie 2.1, Canis lupus canadensis, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (skull). Hab. North America (B.M.). Var. 1. nubilus. " Colour light sooty or plumbeous brown." Canis nubilus, Say, Long's Exped. i. 168, 1822. C. occidentalis, var. nubilus, Spencer Baird, Mamm. N. A. 111. Var. 2. mexicanus. " Fur varied with grey and black ; neck maned more than usual; a black or dusky band encircling the muzzle; a dusky slope down the fore leg."-Baird. Canis mexicanus, Linn. S. N. i. 60. C. occidentalis, var. mexicanus, S. Baird, Mamm. N. A. 113. Xoloit cuintli, Hernand. Mex. 479, fig. Lupus mexicanus, Brisson, R. A. 237. Loup de Mexique, Buffon, N. II. xv. 149. Mexican Wolf, Penn. Cuetlachti, Fernand. N. Hisp. 7. Hab. Mexico (Hernand.) ; Santa Cruz ; Sonora. Var. 3. ater. Black Wolf. B.M. Forehead of skull concave in the central line; internal nostrils narrow, parallel. Canis lycaon, Harlan, Fauna Amer. 126, 1828. C. lupus ater, Rich. F. Bor.-Am. i. 70 ; Aud. & Baehm. N. A. Quad. 126, t. . f. 7, 1851. C. occidentalis, var. ater, S. Baird, Mamm.- N. A. 113. (Skull 165 c, B.M.) Hab. Florida; Georgia. Var. 4. rufus. Mixed red and black above, lighter beneath. Canis lupus, var. rufus, Aud. & Bachm. N. A. Quad. ii. 240, t. 82, 1851. C. occidentalis, var. rufus, S. Baird, M a m m . N. A. 113. Hab. Texas. 4. LUPUS ANTHUS. Dieb. (Fig. 3, p. 503.) B.M. Skull (816 e)-forehead flattish, rather concave ; pterygoid bones converging behind. Sectorial teeth prominent in the tooth-line and placed obliquely to the other teeth. Internal nostril narrow, sides parallel. Canis anthus, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. xxii. t. ; Riippell, Zool. Atlas, 44, t. 17 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M.; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 85. Hab. West Africa, Senegal (F. Cuvier); Algiers ; Tunis (Frazer) North Africa; Egypt; Nubia (Riippell, Christie). Var. Head narrow. Skull (816«) very like that of L. anthus (816 e), from the Zoological Gardens. The forehead and face very much narrower compared with its length ; the whole length of the face, from the end of the palate to the front teeth, and the canines, is smaller. Hab. Algiers and Tunis. |