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SECTION IV. THOUS. 
THE THOA WILD DOGS. 
Tue Thoan group represents in form the wolf on a 
reduced scale; being only somewhat larger than 
jackals, but differing from them in manners and 
livery. They do not burrow, and are marked on 
the back by black and white colours, contrasting 
into lines, chequers, pencils, or stipples; the rest of 
the fur being in general ochry or buff. The Thoas 
likewise emit little or no offensive odour, are not 
gregarious, and do not howl in concert; nor are 
they warners on the approach of the great feline, 
as jackals certainly are wont to do. The interme- 
diate position of the group is illustrated by the 
component species being alternately classed among 
wolves, jackals, and foxes. Aristotle, we think, had 
in view the typical species, Canis anthus (F. Cuv.), 
when he remarks that the Egyptian wolves were 
smaller than those of Greece. In Guldenstzdt’s 
notice of jackals, he appears to confound some spe- 
cies of Thous with others of our group Sacalius. 
Mons. F. Cuvier, after remarking the difference 
between individuals of each section which bred to- 
gether in captivity, retains them in the series of his 
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