﻿MAMMALS FROM THE NILE DELTA REGION, EGYPT — SETZER 365 



east of Kom Aushim, 1 ; Alexandria Koad, 5 miles northwest of Pyra- 

 mids of Giza, 6. Suez Canal Zone : 3 miles northwest of Fayid, 6. 



Description. — Upper parts between Vinaceous-Cinnamon and Pink- 

 ish-Cinnamon ; hairs plumbeous at base, grading into above color and 

 finely tipped with black; sides and flanks with hairs white to base 

 with a slight admixture of the above colors; entire ventral surface, 

 anterior and ventral surface of thighs, forelegs, hip stripe, postauricu- 

 lar and postorbital spots, muzzle, cheeks, tip and ventral half of 

 tail, white. Ears about as dorsal coloration, sparsely covered with 

 fine white hairs. Eye bordered by narrow black ring. Tail above, 

 for proximal two-thirds, as dorsal color ; other one-third divided sub- 

 equally by proximal black ring, incomplete ventrally, and a distal 

 white tip. 



Measurements. — Averages and extremes of two males and four 

 females from 5 miles northwest of the Pyramids of Giza were, 

 respectively: Total length 293 (292-294), 294.5 (284-301) ; length of 

 tail 179 (176-182), 182 (176-188); length of hind foot 62 (60-64), 

 61.7 (60-65) ; length of ear from notch 19 (19), 19.2 (19-20) ; occipi- 

 tonasal length 30.0 (30.0), 30.2 (29.6-30.7) ; greatest length of skull 

 33.1 (33.1), 33.1 (32.6-33.9) ; length of nasals 10.65 (10.4-10.9), 10.9 

 (10.4-11.4) ; least interorbital width 11.9 (11.8-12.0), 12.1 (11.5-12.7) ; 

 length of palate 15.6 (15.6), 15.6 (15.2-15.9) ; length of palatal foram- 

 ina 4.35 (4.3-4.4), 4.25 (4.2-4.3); length of bulla 14.0 (14.0), 13.8 

 (13.5-14.2) ; width of skull across bullae 22.6 (22.6), 21.3 (21.1-21.5) ; 

 width across maxillary arches 22.5 (22.3-22.7) , 22.0 (21.3-22.5) ; crown 

 length of upper molar series 4.5 (4.4-4.6), 4.75 (4.7-4.8) ; weight 50.0 

 (48.0-52.0), 53.0 (51.0-56.0). 



Remarks. — If the animals from 5 miles northwest of the Pyramids 

 of Giza are considered topotypical, a slight difference is noted in the 

 size of the crania and the length of the hind foot from those animals 

 from 3 miles northwest of Fayid and 5 miles east of Heliopolis. The 

 pelage in the animals from the latter two localities has less reddish 

 and more black admixture, thus presenting a somewhat darker tone. 



Order CARNIVORA 

 Family CANIDAE 



CANIS LUPASTER Hemprich and Ehrenberg 



Apparently the jackal is not uncommon. The status of the name 

 applied to the jackal of this region is in some doubt. It can be dis- 

 tinguished from the domestic dog by its shorter muzzle, wider face, 

 and brighter coloration. No specimens have been examined. 



