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THE BARBARY JACKAL, 



Sacalius Barbarus. 



Canis Barbaras, Shaw. 



The TJialeh of Bruce, and the Deeh of Tunis of 

 Dr. Shaw ; who merely states that it is of darker 

 colours than the common ; is of the size of a fox, 

 and resorts at night to the gardens to howl and 

 feed, like the Dubbah or HyaDna. This species 

 was first described by Mr. Pennant, from a skin in 

 the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and the drawing 

 was communicated by him to Count de Buffon. 

 The animal had a long slender nose, sharp upright 

 ears, and a long bushy tail. Its colour was a very 

 pale brown ; from behind each ear ran a black line, 

 w^hich, dividing in two, passed downwards along 

 the neck ; the tail was marked with three dusky 

 rings. In size it was equal to a common fox, but 

 the limbs were shorter, and the nose more acute. 

 Buffon figured it in his Supplement 6, page 112, 

 plate 16. 



We are assured that a ring-tailed Jackal, with 

 some obscure bars across the back, is likewise 

 found in central India. 



