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SOUTH AFRICAN MAMMALS 



age of six months. The writer then had the young ones 

 placed in a large camp with the earth as a natural floor 

 and fed them sparsely, with the result that the exercise 

 and low feeding, with an occasional gorge (on tripe), 

 proved successful. 



Genus OTOCYON. 



Animals resembling the fox, but with very long ears ; 

 five toes on the hind and four on the fore feet. Teeth 

 45 to 48 in number. 



Otocyon megalotis. Cai^e Long-cared Fox. Draai Jakhals. 



This animal is very much like the Silver Fox in its 

 general coloration and appearance; it is however of a darker 

 grey, the upper parts being without any trace of yellow. 



Fig. 13. — Cape Loug-eared Foxes. 

 (Mother and cubs, three months old.) 



The chin is dark brown, while the under parts are very 

 pale — almost white. There is a dark streak through the 

 eyes and one down the centre of the nose. Ears very 

 large, standing up like those of a clipped bull-terrier ; the 



