. Mammalogy and ornithology [microform]. Mammals; Birds; Mammifères; Oiseaux. FEE Jil. 21 cowardly, always running from dogs, few however of which will attack them. " The Prairie Wolf varies greatly, both in size and color, but its jackal-like voice, half bark, half howl, sometimes approaching a scream, is so different from that of the rest of the North American Wolves, that most persons would recognize it as the same, whether heard on the plains of the Missouri, or the pastures of ;. CRANIUM OF LCPUa OCHBOPUS. 2. Genus VULPES, Briss. Ubg. Anim. (1756).—The Foxes. 1. VuLPE
. Mammalogy and ornithology [microform]. Mammals; Birds; Mammifères; Oiseaux. FEE Jil. 21 cowardly, always running from dogs, few however of which will attack them. " The Prairie Wolf varies greatly, both in size and color, but its jackal-like voice, half bark, half howl, sometimes approaching a scream, is so different from that of the rest of the North American Wolves, that most persons would recognize it as the same, whether heard on the plains of the Missouri, or the pastures of ;. CRANIUM OF LCPUa OCHBOPUS. 2. Genus VULPES, Briss. Ubg. Anim. (1756).—The Foxes. 1. VuLPES VIRGINIANUS (Schreb.).—The Gray Fox. Cants virginianus, Schreber, Saugth. Ill, p. 585 (1778). « Aud. Quad, of N. A. Plate XXI; oct. ed. I, Plate XXI. This animal appears to be abundant in Western America, being brought in nearly all collections made in that part of this continent. We find in the collection of the Expedition, several fine specimens which cannot be distinguished from others obtained in the Southern States, on the Atlantic. This species, therefore, appears to inhabit nearly the entire temperate regions of North America, extending its range, as is not unfrequently the case with species of quadrupeds, and birds also, farther north on the Pacific than on the Atlantic. Mr. Peale mentions this species as follows: " This animal was obtained at Puget's Sound, in Oregon, and was observed several times in the forests which lay in our route to Cali- fornia, but never in the prairie ; 2. VuLPES VELOX {Say),—The Swift Fox. Canit velox, Say, Long's Exp. II, p. 339 (1823). .#. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cassin, John, 1813-1869. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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