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THE BARBARY JACKAL. 
Sacalius Barbarus. 
Canis Barbarus, Shaw. 
THE Thaleb of Bruce, and the Deeb of Tunis of 
Dr. Shaw; who merely states that it 1s of darker 
colours than the common; is of the size of a fox, 
and resorts at night to the gardens to howl and 
feed, like the Dubbah or Hyena. This species 
was first described by Mr. Pennant, from a skin in 
the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and the drawing 
was communicated by him to Count de Buffon. 
The animal had a long slender nose, sharp upright 
ears, and a long bushy tail. Its colour was a very 
pale brown; from behind each ear ran a black line, 
which, dividing in two, passed downwards along 
the neck; the tail was marked with three dusky 
rings. In size it was equal to a common fox, but 
the limbs were shorter, and the nose more acute. 
Buffon figured it in his Supplement 6, page 112, 
plate 16. 
We are assured that a ring-tailed Jackal, with 
some obscure bars across the back, is likewise 
found in central India. 
