THE JACKAL. 
CANis AUREUS. Linn. 
THE Jackal, one of the greatest pests of the ‘countries 
which he inhabits, is spread over nearly the whole of 
Asia and the north of Africa, occupying in the warmer 
regions of those continents the place of the Wolf, of 
whom in many particulars he may be considered as 
offering a miniature resemblance. In size he is about 
equal to the common fox, but he differs from that equally 
troublesome animal in the form of the pupils of his eyes, 
which correspond with those of the dog and of the wolf, 
in the comparative shortness of his legs and muzzle, in 
his less tufted and bushy tail, and in the peculiar marking 
of his coat. The colouring of his back and sides consists 
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