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being tawny in hue. The fur is very soft and thick. 

 The tail is long and bushy, the hairs of mingled yellow 

 and black, and the tip of the latter colour. The ears 

 are long and pointed. 



This fennec is peculiar to South Africa, and is there 

 found from the newly acquired German territory across 

 the Cape of Good Hope Province and the Orange Free 

 State, to Natal. It favours high upland country, and 

 does not appear ever to have been very common. 



Its diet consists of insects and wild fruits. 



Two other African species are known. 



DEL AL AN DE ' s Fox . In colour and shape rather like the 

 Silver Fox, this kind is distinguished by the greater 

 number of back teeth, and by its somewhat longer ears. 

 There is a dark streak running through the eyes and 

 down the centre of the nose, and the toes are black. 



This fox is found chiefly in the western and drier parts 

 of South Africa, and has also been found in East Africa 

 and Somaliland. 



It affects dry uplands, and its food consists of mice, 

 insects, fruit, and perhaps small birds. 



THE CUBEROW. Though known as the Abyssinian 

 wolf, this animal is really more akin by nature to the fox. 

 It is local and rare, and has been seen principally among 

 the Simien mountains. 



CHAPTER XI 



THE AFRICAN HUNTING DOG 



IN South Africa, as in other places, many species 

 of animals have received names, not only in no way 

 suited to them, but sometimes actually the property 

 of entirely different animals existing in other parts of 



