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The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
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me to make his Eloge a kind of ' table of contents,'
for which I must crave the indulgence of…
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sua genera accurate definite speciesque* In its com-
position he availed himself of all that had been…
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length on tlie Anomice, Serpulcv^the Nereides and
Aphroditce^the Echiurece, Lumhrici^and Hydatids.…
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the character of these " Travels ;" and whilst some
have conferred on them the…
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to Cuvier, no animal, even the commonest amon<T
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ourselves, are so well known. He also…
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terminology. The French have adopted a clear dis-
tinction, by naming the dog considered as a genuine
wild…
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pass from one to the other, from the largest Irish
greyhound, through wolves, dogs, jackals, and
foxes,…
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Society, in February 1837, are correct, the vertebras
of the back, loins, and sacrum diflfer, between the…
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abundant.
Yet none of these do^s have assumed
its aspect ; nor have they mixed, further south, with…
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about four thousand years, or of fifteen hundred,
perhaps nearly two thousand, generations.* If it
were…
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SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION I. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ham. Smith.
The typical wolf of Europe…
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CHRYSEUS JAVANICUS.
Canis Javaniciis, Desm.
Probably the Asuwawa of Raffles. This species
was first brought to Europe…
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SECTION IV. THOUS.
THE THOA WILD DOGS.
The Thoan group represents in form the wolf on a
reduced scale : beino- only…
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THOUS ANTHUS.
Cants Antkus, F. Cuvier.
The Wild Dog of Egypt.—Deeb of the Natives.
The head of this species is rather…
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SiCALIUS PROCYONOIDES.
Canis procyonoidesy Gray.
Racoon-faced Dog, Illust. of Ind. Zool.
Grey-brown, varied with black…