506 CARNIVORES. 
Africa the fur of the black-backed jackal is much esteemed by the natives, and is 
used for making their cloaks or carosses. 
Side-Striped The second species of South African jackal is the side-striped 
Jackal = jackal (Canis adustus), so named from the oblique light-coloured 
stripe running along the flanks. This stripe is, however, very variable in its 
distinctness and degree of development, as may be seen by contrasting our two 
figures of this animal; and, in consequence of this difference, the species has been 
described under two specific names—the so-called C. lateralis being now proved to 
be identical with the earlier C. adustus, founded upon a specimen in which the 
THE SIDE-STRIPED JACKAL (2 nat. size). 
stripe was but little apparent. The side-striped jackal differs from all the other 
species in the dark brown colour of the hair on the back of the ears; the ears 
themselves being relatively rather shorter than in the preceding species, although 
longer than in the common jackal. The snout is characterised by its length and 
slenderness. The general colour of the fur is yellowish brown, becoming paler on 
the under-parts. In examples which exhibit the feature from which the species 
takes its name, a light-coloured line runs on each side of the body from behind 
the shoulder-blade to a point near the root of the tail, a black line bordering the 
lower margin of this stripe. The greater portion of the tail is black, but its 
extremity is white. 
This species has a wide distribution in Central and Southern Africa, having 
