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Thoiis variegatus, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 198, 

 pi. xi. (1839). 



Vulpes variegata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 516. 



Canis anthus, Mivart, Canida;, p. 41 (partim), plate inaccurate 

 (1890). 



Canis TiagenlecM, Noacb, Zool. Garten, 1894, p. 244. 



Canis riparius Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyssinia, pp. 14, 240 

 (1870). 



? Canis mengesi, Noack, Zool. Anz. no. 548, 1897, p. 518. 



Pig. 3. 



Skull of Canis variegatus, f nat. size. (B.M. 169 a.) 



General pattern of colour as in C. anthus, but very much paler ; 

 the snout very slightly more rufous than the rest of the face ; the 

 backs of the ears and the legs pale orange-red, but the latter 

 mixed with some black, and a dark streak on the front of the 

 wrist ; on the back and sides there is more or less mottling of black ; 

 in some specimens the saddle-area is heavily mottled. On the 

 whole of the saddle-ai-ea the fur is longer, reddish at the base, 

 followed by a pale buff baud and broad black tips ; the freshness of 

 this, in a more or less degree, accounts for the mottling. In some 

 specimens from the highlands of Abyssiuia it almost approaches 

 the saddle of C. mesomelas, though the mixture of black on the 

 flanks, the want of rufous colouring, and the strong dashes of black 

 on the fore legs will at once distinguish it from that species. 



Along the dorsal line, and especially over the shoulders, the hair 

 is longer than on any other part. The black patch over the gland 

 on the tail is conspicuous. The form is very gauut (totally unlike 

 any of its congeners), the snout is very flue and long, and the ears 

 are remarkably long, which at once distinguish it from any specimen 

 of the North-African Jackal. 



The known range of this species is Upper Egypt and Sennaar, 

 and along the coast from Suakim to Somalilaud and the higher 

 plateaux of Abyssinia. 



