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THE INDIAN JACKAL. 



CANTS AUREUS. 



Canh aureus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th edit. vol. i. p. 5!) (17GG) ; Schrcbcr, 

 Siiugtli. Tlieil iii. p. .'5()."), pi. 1 ; Cuvier, Regne An. vol. i. 

 p. 151; Dcsinarcst, Mammalogic, p. 200; J. A. Wagner's 

 Suppleni. Al)th. ii. p. .'58.'} ; Pallas, Zoographia, vol. i. 

 p. .'59, pi. 3; Jerdon, .Mammals of India, p. 112; Hodgson, 

 Asiatic Researclies, vol. wiii. p. 237; Blanford, Fauna 

 Brit. India, p. 1 10. 



Caiiis si/riacus, Elircnberg, Syinb. Piiys. z. pi. 10 (1832). 



Lupus aureus, Kiimpfer, Anioeuitatum Exoticarum politico - physico - 

 mcdicarnm, p. 1(13 (1712) ; Gray, Catalogue of Car- 

 nivorous Mammalia, p. 188. 



Sacaliiis aureus, Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, vol. ix. 

 p. 214, pi. 15 (1839). 



Oxygous indicus, Hodgson, Journal .Vsiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. x. p. 908 

 (1811). 



Le Chacal, Button, Hist. Nat. vol. xiii. p. 255; F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. 

 dcs MammifT-res, vol. ii. ; Isid. Geoff roy St.-Hilaire, Expi'-- 

 dition (le -Morec, pp. 15 and 19-27 (1833). 



The Iiitliaii Jackal has obtained a much wider range than the Indian 

 Wolf. It i.s found not only throughout the peninsula of Ilindostan, 

 but also in Ceylon, Buru'.ah, and Pegu. It is also to be met with both 

 in forests and open plains, and both in the low lands and at consider- 

 able altitudes — that is, at an elevation of :3000 to 4000 feet. It even 

 nnikes its appearance in pojjulons cities, where its almost omnivorous 

 habits cause it to be a useful scavenger ; although it not only clears off 

 garbage, but will occasionally seize a fowl or other small domestic 

 animal. Outside the towns, Jackals will eat any animal they can 



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