1899.] THE CAN^ID.E OF AFRICA. 537 



C. varieyatus — the artist baviug probably \Aorked up the picture 

 with skins of the true C. antlius from Barbary. 



The skull of the North- African Jackal is readily distinguishable 

 from that of the Indian Jackal, C. aureus, by its greater size, and 

 more particularly by the longer parallel-sided snout, and the high 

 forehead more abruptly rising from the line of the nasals, the 

 more evenly expanding — not bowed — zygomata, and the heavier 

 dentition. But the larger Egyptian race very closely resembles 

 the Indian Wolf, C. pallijpes Sykes, the skulls of these two being 

 practically the same size and shape, although the teeth of the 

 Indian Wolf are much heavier. These different races therefore 

 bridge over any marked distinction between the Wolves and Jackals. 



Measurements (in millim.) of the upper flesh-tooth pm- 4 are 

 given of the smallest and largest of each species which has come 

 under my notice : — 



C. aureus. C. anthus. C. pallipes. 



15-5-17 17-5-20 21-22 



Dr. jNIivart has caused much confusion by including C. pallipes 

 in his description of G. lujms, the figure given of C. lupus var. 

 pallipes being that of the form of the true Wolf found in Northern 

 India. 



0. pallipes, as described by S_vkes, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 101, is parti- 

 cularly stated to be the Wolf of Deccan, so this name can only apply 

 to the well-known Wolf of the Peninsula, which is not greatly 

 superior in size to the Egyptian Wolf. 



In Dr. Blanford's ' Fauna of British India ' the two Indian 

 species are fully and accurately described. 



[P.S. — Since these notes were read I have seen specimens of 

 Jackals said to come from Senegal and the interior of Tunisia, which 

 sesm to me to agree rather closely with Cuvier's description and 

 figure of Canis anthus, and it is therefore possible that the large 

 North-African Jackal which has been unanimously called C. anthus 

 is bearing a wrong name, and should be called 0. Iupaste7\ while, of 

 course, this much smaller, fine-legged, sharp-nosed, and paler- 

 coloured animal is the true C. anthus. One specimen lately 

 acquired from the Antwerp Zoological Gardens, and living in our 

 Gardens in Regent's Park, is said to have been brought direct 

 from Senegal ; other specimens referred to are a male and female 

 with cubs, beautifully set up as a group in the Leyden Museum. 

 Dr. Jentink informs me that there can be no doubt as to the locality 

 of these specimens, as they were collected in Tunisia by a well- 

 known contributor to the museum.] 



Canis vabiegatus. (Pig. 3.) 



Sea-Fox, Salt, Voy. Abyss, p. 172, App. iv. p. 40 (1814). 

 Canis variegatus, Cretzschm. Piipp. Atlas, p. 31, pi. 10 (1826). 

 Canis riparius, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii. (1830). 

 ? Canis sacer, id. ibid. 



