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describes another skin which was purchased at Kashgar, and which he 
supposes may belong to a new species, but there was no skull with it— 
it is that of a smaller canine, midway between a wolf and a jackal, the 
prevailing tint being black, mixed with pale rufous, and white along the 
back and upper surface of the tail; pale rufous on the flanks, limbs, 
anterior portion of the abdomen and under the tail; a distinct black 
line down the front of each foreleg ; upper part of head rufous, mixed 
with whitish and black, the forehead being greyer, owing to the white 
tips to the hairs ; the tip of the tail is quite black, and the tail itself is 
short, as in the jackal, but more bushy, the feet larger than the 
common jackal—a short, bushy tail agrees with Cwonz, so also does the 
large foot. 
No. 247. CANIS LUPUS. 
The European Wolf. 
Hapitat.—All over Europe and Northern Asia, in Turkestan and 
Yarkand (?) 
DEscRIPTION.—Fur long and coarse, dark yellowish-grey, sometimes 
almost black, but there is a good deal of variation in both colour and 
texture of the hair according to the country, whether cold or warm, 
from which the animal comes; a dark streak on the forelegs; the 
carnassial tooth is however the chief point of distinction between this 
and the Indian and Thibetan species; it is very much larger in the 
European animal, approximating to, and sometimes exceeding in size, 
the two molars together, which is not the case with the others. Mr. 
Blanford, in his report on the Mammalia of Yarkand published by 
Government in the ‘ Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand Mission,’ 
quotes from Professor Jeitteles, of Vienna, the opinion that none of the 
larger domestic dogs could have descended from the European wolf, 
because of the relative proportions of their teeth, but that all must have 
been derived from the Indian wolf or from allied forms. 
Si1ze.—Head and body, 33 to 4 feet ; tail, 20 inches ; height, about 30 
to 32 inches. 
Mr. Blanford supposes, and with some degree of reason, that the flat 
skins purchased at Kashgar were those of this species ; but unfortunately 
the absence of the skulls must for the present leave this in doubt, as 
variations in colour and texture of fur are frequent and dependent on 
climatic conditions. 
No. 248. CANIS AUREUS. 
The Jackal ( Jerdon’s No. £36). 
Native Names.—Sriga/a, Sanscrit ; Geedhur, Hindi; Shial, Sial, Siar 
and Shialu, Bengali ; Kola, Mahrathi ; Vari, Canarese ; Vakka, Telegu ; 
