ASIATIC WILD DOGS 
that it has been killed at every chance, and is now uncommon. A century 
ago it ranged even into Egypt; and it is the party-colored, prick-eared dog 
represented in the ancient mural paintings at Beni Hasan and elsewhere. 
The Asiatic wild dogs form the genus Cyon, peculiar in having 
only two molars in the lower jaw, and otherwise. It contains 
two or three species, one of which is Siberian, and closely re- 
sembles a small Eskimo sledge dog, except that its bushy tail 
does not curl. With its long, thick hair forming a real mane 
around its neck and face, foxy red in summer and yellowish 
white in winter, and its compact, robust body and short muzzle, 
this is among the most doglike of all its wild tribe. It is most 
common in forested mountain ranges and hunts in packs, 
chiefly after deer. At the other extreme is the wild dog of the 
Malay Archipelago, which is thinly haired and gaunt, as be- 
comes a native of those hot islands. More widely known than 
either of these, however, is the wild dog of India, called ‘dhole”’ 
in the South and ‘‘buansuah”’ in the North. Like the others it 
is normally rusty red in color and makes its lair in rocky jungle, 
whence, more often by day than by night, it makes its forays, 
sometimes alone, but usually in a pack from which even the 
tiger and leopard flee. Doubtless they have good reason to 
fear such an unequal combat, as have big cats in other countries ; 
and herein lies the root of the deeply planted antipathy between 
the two races, and the explanation of the ease with which a few 
curs will “tree” a jaguar or make a lion turn tail. According 
to Blanford *° these dogs avoid the neighborhood of man, and 
consequently rarely attack domestic animals; ‘‘occasionally, 
however, they kill sheep, goats, and cattle, and Jerdon mentions 
one instance, and M’Master another, of their pulling down a 
tame buffalo.” They worry their quarry to death exactly as 
does the hyena dog. 
I have now passed in review all the kinds of canine animals 
from which our domestic dogs might have been derived; for it 
is certain that foxes have had little if any part in their formation. 
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