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JACKAL. 
superior in size, and is readily distinguished by 
being marked all over the body and legs with nu- 
merous roundish black spots : along the neck is 
an upright black mane : the face and upper part 
of the head are black: the ears shorty rather 
pointed, black on the outside, and grey within: 
the tail black, rather short, and full of hair. It 
it an African animal, and is found in Guinea, 
^Ethiopia, and about the Cape of Good Hope. 
In its manner of life resembles the former species, 
and exerts equal ravages amongst the cattle of 
the districts in which it resides. By some writers 
it has been erroneously termed a Jackal. 
JACKAL. 
Canis Aureus; C. cauda recta, corf ore pallide fulvo. Lin. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel.p. 72. 
Pale-fulvous Dog, with strait tail. 
Lupus aureus. Kaempfer amoen. exot. p. 413. t. 407.^. 3. 
Schakal. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 262. 
The Jackal is a native of the warmer regions 
of Asia and Africa, and appears to be no where 
more common than in Barbary. It is about the 
size of a middling Dog, and is of a pale or light 
orange-yellow, with darker or blackish shades 
about the back and legs : the tail hangs strait, is 
rather bushy, and is commonly black at the tip. 
The Jackal resides in rocky places, and in woods, 
and makes its principal excursions during the 
night; preying indiscriminately on all the weaker 
animals. It also occasionally devours various ve- 
