304 JACKAL. 



superior in size, and is readily distinguished by 

 being marked all over the body and legs with nu- 

 merous roundish black spots : along the neck is 

 an upright black mane : the face and upper part 

 of the head are black: the ears short, rather 

 pointed, black on the outside, and grey within : 

 the tail black, rather short, and full of hair. It 

 it an African animal, and is found in Guinea, 

 ^Ethiopia, and about the Cape of Good Hope. 

 In its manner of life resembles the former species, 

 and exerts equal ravages amongst the cattle of 

 the districts in which it resides. By some writers 

 it has been erroneously termed a Jackal. 



JACKAL. 



Canis Aureusi C. cauda recta, corpore pallidefuko. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel.p. 72. 

 Pale-fulvous Dog, with strait tail. 



Lupus aureus. Kaempfer amoen. exot. p. 413. t. 407. f. 3. 

 Schakal. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 262. 



THE Jackal is a native of the warmer regions 

 of Asia and Africa, and appears to be no where 

 more common than in Barbary. It is. about the 

 size of a middling Dog, and is of a pale or light 

 orange-yellow, with darker or blackish shades 

 about the back and legs : the tail hangs strait, is 

 rather bushy, and is commonly black at the tip. 

 The Jackal resides in rocky places, and in woods, 

 and makes its principal excursions during the 

 night; preying indiscriminately on all the weaker 

 animals. It also occasionally devours various ve- 



