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THE COMMON JACKAL. 
Nacalius aureus, SMITH. 
PLATE XV. 
Canis aureus, A uct. 
WE will assume the Turkish and Persian species to 
be the typical animal of the group, because it is 
described with more detail; and although, perhaps, 
not located in its original region, the variation of 
colour and stature in others may be the more 
readily compared with it. In the external figure, 
this species bears more the aspect of a diminutive 
wolf than of a fox. It is also somewhat higher 
at the shoulders, and more erect in the legs, and 
the forms are more angular than those of the fox ; 
the head has a broader dog-like nose, and is 
covered with rufous and ashy-grey hairs, all tipped 
with black points; the whiskers are black; the 
ears are rufous on the outside and white within; 
the neck and back are yellowish-grey, with some 
shades of dusky ; the shoulders and thighs rufous- 
red; under parts and limbs pale reddish-yellow ; 
the claws black; the fifth, or internal toe of the 
fore-legs, placed high upon the joint, and the claw 
