1899.1 



THE CAlStlD.?; OF ATKICA. 



Canis sinus, Gerv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. ii. p. 58 (1855). 



Canis ivalgie, Heugl. Nov. Act. Leop. 1863, Zool. Afr. p. 3. 



Simenia simensis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 506. 



Canis semiensis, Hengl. Eeise N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 48 (1877). 



Very little is known of this somewhat isolated form of Dog, which 

 seems to be confined to the miountainous district of Abyssinia. 

 The specimen brought home by Eiippell, which is one of the types 

 of the species, is still the only example in the British Museum., 



The Jackals — SacaUus. 



Canis anthus. (Fig. 2.) 



? Le Chacal-Adive, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Suppl. iii. p. 112, pi. xvi. 

 (1776). 



? Barbary Dog, Pennant, Quad. i. p. 260 (1793). 



? Oanis harharus, Shaw, Zool. i. p. 311 (1800). 



Canis anthus, T. Guv. Mamm. lith. pis. 173, 174 (1820); 

 Mivart, Canidse, p. 41, plate (partim) (1890), skull fig. 20. 



Canis lupaster, Hemp. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii. (1830). 



Thous anthus, H. Smith, Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 195 (1839). 



Thous senegalemis, H. Smith, Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 201 

 pi. xiii. (1839). 



SacaUus harbarus, H. Smith, Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 218 (1839). 



Canis aureus algirensis, "Wagn. Schreb. Saug. Suppl. i. p. 384 

 (1841). 



Canis aureus tripolitanus, id. ibid. 

 „ „ var. algeriensis, Less. Nouv. Tab. Eegn. Anim. p. 43 

 (1842). 



Lupus anthus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 502. 



Dieha anthus, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 189 (1869). 



Canis aureus, auct. (partim), nee Linn. 



Canis hadramauticus, Noack, Zool. Anz. 1896, p. 356 (fide 

 Matschie). 



Pig. 2. 



Skull of Caiiis anthus, J nat. size. (B.M. 98.7.4.7.) 



A larger animal than the Indian Jackal {Canis aureus), and 



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