1S09.] THE CANID-E OF AFKTCA. 535 



Ca7i7s siima, Gerv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. ii. p. 58 (1855). 



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



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



Canis semiensis, Heugl. Reise JST.O.-Afr. ii. p. 48 (1877). 



Yery little is known of this somewhat isolated form ot" Dog, which 

 seems to be confined to the mountainous 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 Muaeuai, 



The Jackals — Sacalius. 



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 barharus, Shaw, Zool. i. p. 311 (1800). 



Canis anthus, F. Cuv. Mamm. lith. pis. 173, 174 (1820); 

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



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



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



Thous senecjalcnsis, H. Smith, Jardine's Nat. LilDr. ix. p. 201 

 pi. xiii. (1839). 



Sacalius barbarus, H. Smith, Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 218 (1839). 



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

 (1841). 



Canis aureus tripolitanu^, id. ibid. 

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

 (1842). 



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



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



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



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

 Matschie). 



Fis. 2. 



Skull of Canis anthus, I nat. size. (B.M. 98.7.4.7.) 



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



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