THE JACKAL 5II 



was but little apparent. The side-striped jackal differs from all the other species in 

 the dark-brown color of the hair on the back of the ears ; the ears themselves being 

 relatively rather shorter than in the preceding species, although longer than in the 

 common jackal. The snout is characterized by its length and slenderness. The 

 general color of the fur is yellowish brown, becoming paler on the under parts. In 

 examples which exhibit the feature from which the species takes its name, a light- 

 colored line rune on each side of the body from behind the shoulder blade to a point 

 near the root of the tail, a black line bordering the lower margin of this stripe. The 

 greater portion of the tail is black, but its extremity is white. 



VARIETY OF THE SIDE-STRIPED JACKAI,. 

 (One-eighth natural size.) 



This species has a wide distribution in Central and Southern Africa, having 

 been met with by Du Chaillu in the Gabun district, and by Mr. Johnston in the 

 plains around Kilima-njaro on the East Coast. Du Chaillu states that on the West 

 Coast these animals hunt in packs, surrounding and chasing such kinds of game as 

 they are able to kill. He gives the native name of the animal on the west coast as 

 Mboyo, but according to Dr. Pechuel-Loesche who mentions that it is chiefly 

 nocturnal, and seldom seen between the hours of nine and four in the day it is 

 known in the Loango district as the Mbulu. It preys upon the smaller Mammals 



