Mammalia. 87 



one inch ; length of tail ten inches : height at shoulder four- 

 teen inches, at ramp fifteen inches and three lines. In young 

 S]>eciniens the hair is long' hut little chequred, and all the 

 colours are dull. 



Inhahits Nuhia and Upper Egypt. 



Rupell, Atlas zu der Reisein Nordlichen Afrika, p. 31. tab. 

 10. Abu Schoni of the Arabs. 



Canis variegatoides, Smith. Woolly hairs scanty ; on hack 

 and sides tliey are whitish to.vards their roots, dusky in the 

 middle, and tawny at their tips ; on the neck they are pale 

 dusky grey with tawny points : bristly hairs abundant and rigid, 

 particularly on the back of the neck. Upper parts of the body 

 and neck chequered with black and white ; on the latter the 

 white predominates, on the former the two colours are nearly 

 in equal proportions, and disposed in somewhat zig-zag trans- 

 verse lines ; at the shoulders this chequered baud descends 

 nearly to the root of the fore legs, from whence it gradually 

 narrows to the tail, and is marked by well defined edges. Near 

 the centre of each shoulder a broad perpendicular light- coloured 

 blotch, without any intermixture of black ; lower part of sides 

 and outer surfaces of extremities pale tawny red, finely sprinkled 

 with white lines, from the hairs being annulated with that 

 colour; upper and lateral parts of head tawny red, very finely 

 pencilled with black and white ; outer surface of ears a, blotch, 

 below their bases, and the centre of muzzle chesnut coloured. 

 Upper and lower lips, chin, and part of throat, reddish white ; 

 lower part of neck dull tawny, slightly sprinkled with white ; 

 breast and belly tawny white ; insides of extremities inclined to 

 white. Tail moderately bushy, and tapered towards the ex- 

 tremity ; ground colour dull white, the terminal portions of the 

 bristly hairs black ; near the tip they are almost entirely 

 black ; on the upper surface, about two inches from the 

 root, there is an irregular black blotch ; on the under surface 

 at the root, the colour is an uniform tawny red ; nails black. 

 Length from nose to base of tail thirty-five inches ; length of 

 tail fourteen inches and a half : height at the shoulders about 

 eighteen inches. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Vaal Jackal of the Cape Colonists. 



Canis familicus. (Chesnut Jackal.) Woolly hair, very 

 fine, silky, and abundant ; grey on the back and isabella co- 

 loured on the sides : bristly hairs whitish red with bright shining 

 chesnut brown points, which give to the upper surface an uni- 

 form chesnut hue ; the other bristly hairs terminate some in 

 black, some in white, and some are entirely black. The 

 long hairs on the upper surface of the tail are black ; on the 



