THE COMMON JACKAL. 915 
crooked ; the tail is straight, somewhat longer in 
proportion, and more brushy than in the wolf; the 
hair, four inches long, being yellowish beneath, and 
more greyish above, but all tipped with black, 
which causes the end to appear of that colour. 
The fur of the animal is externally more coarse 
than that of the wolf, and on the shoulders it is 
particularly long; the woolly under coat is grey. 
The four central incisor teeth are truucated, with- 
out apparent notches; the exterior upper incisors 
larger, and carmated ; the same below are obtuse ; 
and the tongue is bordered with a row of warts. 
This race is spread over Northern Persia, south- 
ernmost part of Russia, and Natolia; they are 
very abundant on the Asiatic side of Constantinople, 
about Smyrna, &c.; and it is believed to be this 
species, or a variety of it, which is found in the 
Morea, in the mountains of Pindus as far west- 
ward as Cattaro, and in the Guipona and Corzoca 
islands of the Adriatic. 
The Syrian Jackal is distinguished by brown 
ears; the fur above is dirty yellow, deeper on the 
back, lighter at the sides, whitish-yellow below ; 
the feet are reddish-brown; the tail of the colour 
of the back, having a black tip. Each hair of the 
back is of four distinct colours; white at the root, 
then black, above which foxy-red, and the point 
black. Gueldenstedt gives the length, from nose 
