. Zoology. Zoology. 300 ZOOLOGY. wolf. On the other hand, fourteen kinds of dogs can be distingnislied in the Koman and Greelc records; of these five are principal types or species, five otiiers climatic vari- eties, the remainder being cither breeds artificially pro- duced or hybi'ids. As regards tlie Egyptian dogs, seven kinds may be distinguished, three of them, besides the jackal, being distinct species. Wolves, jackals, foxes, etc., are species quite distinct from the domestic dog; they may have interbred with tlje latter, and have thus influenced cer- tain breeds; but they are not the pa
. Zoology. Zoology. 300 ZOOLOGY. wolf. On the other hand, fourteen kinds of dogs can be distingnislied in the Koman and Greelc records; of these five are principal types or species, five otiiers climatic vari- eties, the remainder being cither breeds artificially pro- duced or hybi'ids. As regards tlie Egyptian dogs, seven kinds may be distinguished, three of them, besides the jackal, being distinct species. Wolves, jackals, foxes, etc., are species quite distinct from the domestic dog; they may have interbred with tlje latter, and have thus influenced cer- tain breeds; but they are not the parents of the domestic dog. There are seven species among our dogs: 0. domesticus, extrarms or spaniel and Newfoundland dogs, vertagus or. iiii"" Fig, 3'35,— South America. From LiitkeD's Zoolo^. badger dog, saijiix or hound, molossns or bulldog, leporariiis or greyhound, and the naked dog, 0. caribams. Among half-wild dotrs is the dingo or huntinc-dos; of Australia, which goes in packs. The Yievrra and Genelfa. or civet cats, and the hyaenas, lead to the cat family, which stands at the head of the Car- nivora. Tlie jaguar (Fig. )), ]ianther. leopard, tiger, and lion belong to the genus Felis. Tlie Felis coiicolor, cougar, panther, oi' puma, ranges over both continents; it is metres in length. Tiie ])anther destroys large numbers of porcuj)ines, liut feeds chiefly on young deer. Dr. Merriam tells us that it sjiriiigs ujtou the deer from the ground; " on Jevel ground a single spring of twenty feet is by no means. 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. N. Y. , Holt
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