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0149 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 / Page 149 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000178
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buffalo (Bubalus arnee Kerr) still existed in historical times in northern Persia and Mesopotamia; and if these, why may not Canis pallipes also have had a wide geographical range? According to the view of Th. Studer,* however, this is not at all necessary, for according to exact researches the different species of wolves present only local forms which are without profound differences. Therefore, we will characterize the wolf of Anau only in general terms as Canis lupus Linnæus. We will, however, emphasize the fact that it harmonizes best with Canis pallipes Sykes.

We have not, however, done with the bones of the Canidæ of the Anau kurgans. We find in the strata between +28 and +36 feet a perfectly preserved skull with the superior maxilla belonging to it, as well as two lower jaw branches, one right and one left, which possibly belong together. These bones differ in essentials from those of the wolf in numerous ways, for which reason they can not belong to the wild Canidæ; we have here to do with a tame animal, the domestic dog.