5 o6 CARNIVORES. 



Africa the fur of the black-backed jackal is much esteemed by the natives, and is 

 used for making their cloaks or carosses. 



Side-striped The second species of South African jackal is the side-striped 



Jackal jackal (Canis adustus), so named from the oblique light-coloured 

 stripe running along the flanks. This stripe is, however, very variable in its 

 distinctness and degree of development, as may be seen by contrasting our two- 

 figures of this animal ; and, in consequence of this difference, the species has been 

 described under two specific names the so-called C. lateralis being now proved to 

 be identical with the earlier C. adustus, founded upon a specimen in which the 



THE SIDE-STRIPED JACKAL (\ nat. size). 



stripe was but little apparent. The side-striped jackal differs from all the other 

 species in the dark brown colour of the hair on the back of the ears ; the ears. 

 themselves being relatively rather shorter than in the preceding species, although 

 longer than in the common jackal. The snout is characterised by its length and 

 slenderness. The general colour of the fur is yellowish brown, becoming paler on 

 the under-parts. In examples which exhibit the feature from which the species. 

 takes its name, a light-coloured line runs on each side of the body from behind 

 the shoulder-blade to a point near the root of the tail, a black line bordering the 

 lower margin of this stripe. The greater portion of the tail is black, but its 

 extremity is white. 



This species has a wide distribution in Central and Southern Africa, having 



