SOG JACKAL. 
differ in that respect both from the Wolf and the 
Fox. According to Mr. Pennant, the Jackal in- 
habits all the hot and temperate parts of Asia, 
India, Persia^ Arabia^ Great Tartary, the regions 
about Mount Caucasus, Syria, and the Holy-land, 
and occurs, in most parts of Africa, from Barbary 
to the Cape of Good Hope." 
The most authentic figure of the Jackal seems 
to be that published by Mr. Schreber, which, he 
informs us, is from a drawing communicated by 
Dr. Pallas, and which was taken from the living 
animal brought from the Levant, and figured un- 
der his own inspection: it also agreed perfectly 
with the skin of one brought from Persia, and 
preserved at Petersburgh. This figure is, there- 
fore, copied in the present publication. The fol- 
lowing most accurate description by Dr. Pallas 
will, no doubt, be considered as an important ad- 
dition to the history of this animal. 
In external figure the Jackal resembles the 
Wolf more than the Fox. It is also larger, and 
stands higher on its legs than the Fox. The head 
is of a fox-red above, mixed with ash-grey hairs, 
which have each a blackish ring and tip : the up- 
per lip is white on each side the nose, and the 
throat is of the same colour: the whiskers, the 
long hairs on the chin, and those above the eyes, 
which are five in number, are black : the ears are 
fox-red externally, and white internally : the neck 
and back are all over grey-yellow, and both, but 
especially the latter, are dashed with a shade of 
dusky, owing to the tips of the long hairs on 
