CANIS MESOMELAS. 47 



that our experience of the variability of the Jackals convinces us that 

 further notice of them would occasion mere waste of time. 

 Habitat. Southern Africa and Abyssinia. 



Centimeters. 



Length from snout to root of tail 91 '0 



of tail 31-0 



from heel to end of longest digit 16'0 



of ear 10-0 



Cranial and Denial Characters. 



The skull is not so elevated between the orbits as in C. antlim, 

 though more so than in C. aureus, but, as in the latter, the anterior 

 palatine foramina are small. The shape of the third upper premolar 

 agrees with that of C. aureus (i. e. the tubercles behind the principal 

 cusp are very small), and differs from that of C. anthus. 



Centimeters. 



Basion to ovalion 2'56 



Ovalion to sphenoideum 3'75 0^ 



Sphenoideum to gnathion 9' 9 



Length of palate 7'4 



Breadth 4'1 



Length of nasals 5*2 



Breadth of 1'4 



brain-case 5'1 



)i zygomata 8'4 



Length of ?ii 0'45 



^ . 80 



?i? 0-90 



?ii T60 



M._I 1-10 



Mi2 0-60 



Breadth of Li 0-50 



M^l 1-40 



M.2 1-00 



