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Show 1899.] THE CANIDcE OF AFRICA. 551 Otocyon megalotis, Lesson, Tabl. Eegn. Anim. p. 39 (1842). Otocyon lalandii, Gray, List M a m m . Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1843). Megalotis lalandii, Gray, Cat. M a m m . Brit. Mus. p. 211 (1869). General colour dark iron-grey, paler on tbe forehead and in front of ears ; tips and back of ears, muzzle, fore and hind legs, dorsal surface, and tip of tail black. The fur of the back is very long. Everywhere the underfur is long, dark grey for the basal half and pale buff for the remaining half of its length ; on the back the terminal half is more rust-coloured ; the longer coarse fur is ringed with yellowish white, with long black tips. The ears are very large and rounded, of about the length of the head. The gland on the tail is well-marked and active. The skull is very flat, with heavy supraorbital and temporal ridges; the orbit is more nearly encircled with bone than in any of the members of the genus Canis. The teeth of this animal are quite unlike those of any true Fox. There is normally one more molar in each jaw than in the genus Canis, and the flesh-teeth both above and below are scarcely longer (in horizontal or vertical direction) than the teeth on either side of them. This animal is found in sandy districts from the Cape to Somaliland. It has unfortunately been given the name of Fennec in South Africa, which has given rise to much confusion, since the true Fennec is not found in any part of its range and is a totally distinct animal. Genus 3. LYCAON. LYCAON PICTUS. (Fig. 13.) "Mebbia," Kolbe, Kaap de Goede Hoop, i. p. 181 (1727). "Chien Sauvage," Le Vaillant, Voy. ler, t. i. p. 199 (1790). " Wilde Hond " (Dutch), id. ibid. t. ii. p. 152 (1790). Canis aureus, Thunb. M e m . Ac. Petersb. iii. 1811, p. 302, nee Linn. Hycena picta, Temm. Ann. Ge'n. Sci. Phys. iii. 1820, p. 54. Canis pictus, Desmar. Enc. Meth., M a m m . Suppl. p. 538 (1821). Hycena venatica, Burchell, Travels, i. p. 456, ii. p. 229 (1822). Canis (Lycaon) tricolor, Brookes, Griff. Anim. Kingd. v. p. 151 (1827). Lycaon tricolor, Brookes, Prodr. Anim. p. 10 (1828). Cynhycena, F. Cuv. Diet. lix. p. 454 (1829). Canis hycenoides, Is. Geoff. ? Lycaon typicus, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1833, p. 91. Lycaon pictus, Smith, ibid.; Mivart, Canida?, p. 196 (1890). Kynos pictus, Eiipp. Verzeichn. Mus. Senck. p. 19 (1842). Cynhycena picta, Lesson, Tabl. Eegn. Anim. p. 38 (1842). Lycaon venaticus, Gray, List M a m m . Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1843). The peculiar colouring and habit of hunting of this animal are 36* |