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THE INDIAN JACKAL. 



CANIS AUREUS. 



Cants aureus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th edit. vol. i. p. 59 (1766) ; Schreber, 

 Saugth. Theil iii. p. 365, pi. 4 ; Cuvier, Regne An. vol. i. 

 p. 154; Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 200; J. A. Wagner's 

 Supplem. Abth. ii. p. 383 ; Pallas, Zoographia, vol. i. 

 p. 39, pi. 3 ; Jerdon, Mammals of India, p. 142 ; Hodgson, 

 Asiatic Researches, vol. xviii. p. 237 ; Blanford, Fauna 

 Brit. India, p. 140. 



Canis syriacus, Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys. z. pi. 16 (1832). 



Lupus aureus, Kampfer, Amo3nitatum Exoticarum politico - physico - 

 medicarum, p. 403 (1712) ; Gray, Catalogue of Car- 

 nivorous Mammalia, p. 188. 



Sacalius aureus, Hamilton Smith, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, vol. ix. 

 p. 214, pi. 15 (1839). 



Oxygons indicus, Hodgson, Journal Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. x. p. 908 

 (1841). 



Le Chacal, Buffon, Hist. Nat. vol. xiii. p. 255 ; F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. 

 des Mammiferes, vol. ii. ; Isid. Geoffrey St. -Hilaire, Expe- 

 dition de Moree, pp. 15 and 19-27 (1833). 



THE Indian Jackal has obtained a much wider range than the Indian 

 Wolf. It is found not only throughout the peninsula of Hindostan, 

 but also in Ceylon, Burniah, and Pegu. It is also to be met with both 

 in forests and open plains, and both in the low lands and at consider- 

 able altitudes that is, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet, It even 

 makes its appearance in populous cities, where its almost omnivorous 

 habits cause it to be a useful scavenger ; although it not only clears off 

 garbage, but will occasionally seize a fowl or other small domestic 

 animal. Outside the towns, Jackals will eat any animal they can 



