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THE COMMON JACKAL. 

 Sacalius auretUf Smith. 



PLATE XV. 



Canis aureus, Aud. 



Wb will assume the Turkish and Persian species to 

 be the typical animal of the group, because it is 

 described with more detail ; and although, perhaps, 

 not located in its original region, the variation of 

 colour and stature in others may be the more 

 readily compared with it. In the external figure, 

 this species bears more the aspect of a diminutive 

 wolf than of a fox. It is also somewhat higher 

 at the shoulders, and more erect in the legs, and 

 the forms are more angular than those of the fox ; 

 the head has a broader dog-like nose, and is 

 covered witl rufous and ashy-grey hairs, aU tipped 

 with black points; the whiskers are black; the 

 ears are rufous on the outside and white within ; 

 the neck and back are yellowish-grey, with some 

 shades of dusky ; the shoulders and thighs rufous- 

 red; under parts and limbs pale reddish-yellow; 

 the claws black; the fifth, or internal toe of the 

 fore-legs, placed high upon the joint, and the claw 



