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THE CARNIVORES 



Cape, although there are many places in this tract of country where it is apparently 

 absent. In South Africa it extends across the continent, and up the western side as 

 far as Mossamedes, but it is unknown in the Congo district. This jackal occurs 

 both in the open country and in bush jungle. In the sandy regions on the shores 

 of the Red Sea it is to be found frequently in the small thickets covering the banks 

 of the ravines, which swarm with hares and pangolins, upon which the jackal feeds. 

 At night it visits the villages of the natives, and in Somaliland it is stated to bite off 

 the fat tails of the sheep. In the Sudan it lives chiefly upon the smaller antelopes, 

 mice, jerboas, and other Rodents. In South Africa the fur of the black-backed 



THE SIDE-STRIPED JACKAI.. 



(One-eighth natural size.) 



jackal is much esteemed by the natives, and is used for making their cloaks or 

 caresses. 



Side-Striped The SeC nd s P ecies of South African jackal is the side-striped jackal 

 Jackal (Cams adustus] , so named from the oblique light-colored stripe run- 

 ning along the flanks. The stripe is, however, very variable in its 

 iistmctness and degree of development, as may be seen by contrasting our two 

 * of this animal ; and, in consequence of this difference, the species has been 

 d under two specific names the so-called C. lateral being now proved to 

 itical with the earlier C. admtus, founded upon a specimen in which the stripe 



