186 THE PARIAH DOG. 
extending to the south beyond the equinoctial line, 
and in their turn form the nearest approach to the 
nocturnal canines, it may be preferable, before they 
are considered, to examine another group more 
nearly allied to wolves, residing almost entirely in 
Africa, and therefore by us detached from the 
jackals. 
SUMATRAN CHRYS/JKUS. 
Chryseus Sumatrensis, SMITH. 
PLATE IX. 
Canis familiaris, var.—Sumatrensis of Hardwicke. 
Tuts is one of the smallest of the group, and is pos- 
sessed of characters distinct from all the known 
canines, being only about two feet long from nose to 
tail, and yet standing fourteen inches high at the 
shoulder. ‘The countenance is that of a fox, the 
nose pointed and muzzle black ; the whiskers long 
and black; the eye oblique; ears erect, very hairy, 
and more rounded than in the jackal or fox; nose 
and lips foxy brown, mixed with black; tail pen- 
dulous, bushy, particularly in the middle, smaller at 
the base, and reaching to the leg joint; five toes on 
all the feet, the fifth being small, and a round cal- 
