The Wolf 



and since a similar idea is current with regard to black 

 leopards, it would be interesting to find out whether 

 this belief is founded on fact. These wolves are seldom 

 encountered by European sportsmen, General Kinloch 

 and Mr. Darrah being among the few who have seen 

 them. According to an account given by the former, 

 it appears that chanko are usually found singly or in 

 pairs, and that, in summer at any rate, they never 

 collect in packs after the manner of the wolf in Siberia. 

 They are in the habit of prowling round the flanks of 

 the flocks of the natives, watching their opportunity to 

 attack and carry off sheep when the guardian mastiffs 

 are occupied elsewhere. General Kinloch being of 

 opinion that they prefer the capture of domesticated 

 animals to the chase of wild ones. Mr. Darrah, how- 

 ever, records that the body of a shapo shot by himself 

 was soon devoured by these animals. General Kinloch 

 tamed a pair of cubs, which were brought to England 

 in 1868. 



THE INDIAN WOLF 



{Canis ■pallipes) 



Native Names. — Bheriya^ Gurg^ Hondar ; Nekra 

 AND Bighana^ Hindustani ; Bagyar^ Sindi ; 

 Landga^ Gondi and Deccani ; Tola^ Canarese ; 

 Toralu^ Telegu. 



(Plate ix, fig. 4) 



According to Mr. W. E. de Winton (^Proceedings of 

 the Zoological Society of London for 1899), some mis- 

 conception has occurred with respect to the Indian 

 wolf of the Deccan on account of its having been 

 confused with the European wolf of the Punjab and 

 Sind ; the animal figured in Dr. Mivart's Monograph 

 of the Canid^ as the Indian wolf being, for instance, 

 the European wolf of North -Western India. The 

 Indian wolf, like the American coyote, is in reality in 



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