THE ANUBIS ZERDA. 
Megalotis famelicus. 
Canis famelicus, Kretschmer.—Sabora of the Arabs, 
Tuts species is one foot eight inches long ; the tail, 
one foot two inches; the ears, three inches ten 
lines; and the stature, at the shoulder, ten inches 
six lines. This little animal stands high compared 
with its length; the head is more pointed than that 
of the former ; the hair is silky, grey on the back, 
fawn colour towards the sides; the nose whitish, 
with a chestnut streak on each side, from the nostrils 
upwards to round the eyes; the tail above dark, 
beneath white, with five or six indistinct darker 
spots, the tip white; inside the thighs and belly 
whitish ; throat, and side of the limbs, pale buff; 
the soles clad with woolly fur. In adults, there is 
a distinct chestnut streak running from the occiput 
along the back to the tail. In young animals this 
mark is broader, but less distinct. Mr Ruppel 
found this species in Kordofan, in the direction of 
Nubia. Professor Kreetschmer is inclined to believe 
the figures taken for jackals designed on Egyptian 
temples, and in the catacombs of Thebes, to refer 
to the present species ; in which case he might well 
have denominated it Anubis. The species burrows, 
and hunts birds and small mammalia, such as 
jerboas, &c. 
