CHAPTER V 



Hyaena, jackal, and wild dog Jackal Habits A useful scavenger 

 Pelt The hyaena Distribution and habits Food Cowardly 

 nature Hyaena pugs Hyaena in a beat Wild dog A game- 

 destroyer Distribution Methods of hunting game Immune to 

 poison Should be shot on sight. 



HY^NA, JACKAL, AND WILD DOG 



A "HOUGH the hyaena (Hycena striata), 

 jackal (Canis aureus), and wild dog 

 (Cyon dukhunensis) yield no trophies, 

 as the word is commonly accepted 

 amongst sportsmen, a book dealing with the larger 

 animals of India's jungles would scarcely be 

 complete without a mention being made of these 

 common inhabitants of the country's vast waste 

 tracts. Amongst the three the wild dog assumes 

 a pre-eminence, and is known to every shikari, 

 owing to the very large mortality it causes 



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