305 JACKAL. 



differ in that respect both from the Wolf and the 

 Fox. According to Mr. Pennant, the Jackal in- 

 habits " all the hot and temperate parts of Asia, 

 India, Persia, Arabia, Great Tartary, the regions 

 about Mount Caucasus, Syria, and the Holy-land, 

 and occurs, in most parts of Africa, from Barbary 

 to the Cape of Good Hope." 



The most authentic figure of the Jackal seems 

 to be that published by Mr. Schreber, which, he 

 informs us, is from a drawing communicated by 

 Dr. Pallas, and which was taken from the living 

 animal brought from the Levant, and figured un- 

 der his own inspection : it also agreed perfectly 

 with the skin of one brought from Persia, and 

 preserved at Petersburg!!. This figure is, there- 

 fore, copied in the present publication. The fol- 

 lowing most accurate description by Dr. Pallas 

 will, no doubt, be considered as an important ad- 

 dition to the history of this animal. 



" In external figure the Jackal resembles the 

 Wolf more than the Fox. It is also larger, and 

 stands higher on its legs than the Fox. The head 

 is of a fox-red above, mixed with ash-grey hairs, 

 which have each a blackish ring and tip : the up- 

 per lip is white on each side the nose, and the 

 throat is of the same colour: the whiskers, the 

 long hairs on the chin, and those above the eyes, 

 which are five in number, are black : the ears are 

 fox-red externally, and white internally : the neck 

 and back are all over grey-yellow, and both, but 

 especially the latter, are dashed with a shade of 

 dusky, owing to the tips of the long hairs on 



