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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE JACKAL. 



(Cams Aureus, Linn. Le Chacal, Buff.) 



WE beg leave to make our acknowledgments to 

 Mr. Pennant for the drawing of this animal, which 

 he assures us was drawn from the life; and we 

 doubt not, therefore, its being a faithful repre- 

 sentation. 



The species of the Jackal is diffused, with some 

 variety, through almost every part of Asia : and is 

 found in Barbary, and other parts of Africa, as far 

 as the Cape of Good Hope. 



Although it is one of the most numerous of all 

 the wild animals of the East, there is scarcely any 

 one less known in Europe, or more confusedly 

 described by natural historians. 



They vary in size. Those of the warmest climates 

 are said to be the largest. They are of a reddish 

 brown colour. The smaller Jackal is about the size 

 of a Fox, and its colour is a bright yellow. 



