The New International Encyclopædia/Bush-dog

BUSH-DOG. (1) A small wild dog (Leticyon venaticus) of the Guiana highlands, &ldquo;with close hair and short legs and tail, distinguished from all other dogs by its small size and by the reduction of the molar teeth to one in the upper jaw.&rdquo; It resembles a fox in appearance and hunts in packs. Consult: Proceedings of the Zoölogical Society of London (1879, p. 664; 1880, p. 70); Field (London, Feb. 21, 1880). (2) The potto.