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those parts : the under parts of the body and the 

 legs are of a light reddish-yellow, but the shoul- 

 ders and thighs are externally of a fox-red : the 

 claws are black; the thumb-claw stands higher 

 than in the Dog, and is crooked : the tail is strait, 

 somewhat longer and more hairy than in the 

 Wolf, and is of a greyish-yellow, more inclining 

 to fox-red towards the end; the long hairs have 

 black tips, and consequently the tip of the tail 

 appears black : the hair of the Jackal is coarser 

 and stronger than that of the Wolf, and is longest 

 on the shoulders and tail, where it measures four 

 inches : on the neck and back it is shorter by an 

 inch: between the hairs is situated a woolly fur of 

 a grey colour : the four middle front teeth are of 

 a truncated form, or, if cut off, flat, not percep- 

 tibly notched or indented : the two exterior larger 

 ones in the upper jaw are somewhat carinated, in 

 the lower rounded : the side or canine-teeth in the 

 upper jaw are somewhat larger than in the under: 

 the grinders are six on each side, the first being 

 the smallest, and of a conical shape; the next 

 grinders, to the number of two in the upper N and 

 three in the lower, are gradually larger, and di- 

 vided into three points : the fourth of the upper 

 jaw and the fifth of the under are the largest, and 

 have two points: the remaining ones stand deeper 

 in the jaw, or more inwards, and are smaller than 

 the preceding: the tongue has on each side a 

 border or row of small verruca? or warts. " 



According to Mr. Pennant, the usual length of 

 the Jackal is about two feet and a half; the fe- 



