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that the eyes are smaller and fiuther apart, and the ears 

 longer. It is black all over ; in size intermediate between 

 the Wolf and Fox. 



Desmarest says that "it inhabits the cold and moun- 

 tainous countries of Europe." Pallas, 'Zoog. Ross. As.,' 

 mentions a black variety of "Wolf as very rare in Russia, 

 but more common in parts of Silesia. In the ' Naturalist's 

 Library,' vol. iv., the Canis Lycaon is said to be "the 

 Wolf of Spain and of Southern Eui^ope." Is found about 

 Friuli and Cattaro. 



In some of the mountains of Spain a veiy large powerful 

 brown variety of 0. Lycaon occurs. In France it inhabits 

 the Vosges, Alps, Cevennes and Pyrenees, and has been 

 taken in the Departments of the Somme andMaine-et-Loire. 



Canis aureus, 



Canis aureus, Desm, Mamm. Sp. 300. 

 Sacalius aureus, Ham. Smith, Nat. Lib. vol. iv. 

 The Jackal. 



Desceiption. — Nose broad and dog-like ; head covered with 

 iiifous and ashy-grey hairs tipped with black ; ears rufous 

 outside, white within ; neck and back yellowish grey, with 

 some shades of dusky ; shoulders and thighs rufous red ; 

 under parts and limbs pale reddish yellow; inner toe of 

 fore-legs high on the joint ; tail straight, longer and more 

 brushy than in the Wolf, its haii's 4 inches long, yellowish 

 beneath, greyish above, and all tipped with black, which 

 causes the ends to appear of that coloiu' ; tongue bordered 

 with a row of warts ; the four central incisors trimcated. 



Total length of body, 2 feet 1 inch ; head, 6 inches ; ears, 

 2 inches 9 lines ; tail, 7 inches. 



Associates in large companies. Burrows^ Feeds on pu- 

 trid flesh. 



Is found in Europe, in the most southern parts of Russia, 



