186 THE PARIAH DOG. 



extending to tlie^south beyond the equinoctial lino, 

 and in their turn form the nearest approach to the 

 nocturnal canines, it may he preferable, before they 

 are considered, to examine another group more 

 nearly allied to wolves, residing almost entirely in 

 Africa, and therefore by us detached from the 

 jackals. 



SUMATRAN CHRYSiEUS. 

 Chrysmti Sumairensis^ Smfth. 



PLATE IX 



Canis fainiliaris, var. — Sumatrensb of Hardwicke. 



This is one of the smallest of the group, and is pos- 

 sessed of characters distinct from all the known 

 canines, being only about two feet long from nose to 

 tail, and yet standing fourteen inches high at the 

 shoulder. The coimtenance is that of a fox, the 

 nose pointed and muzzle black ; the whiskers long 

 and black ; the eye oblique ; ears erect, very hairy, 

 and more rounded than in the jackal or fox ; nose 

 and lips foxy brown, mixed with black ; tail pen- 

 dulous, bushy, particularly in the middle, smaller at 

 the base, and reaching to the leg joint ; five toes on 

 all the*feet, the fifth being small, and a round cal- 



