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those parts: the under parts of the body and the 
legs are of a light reddish-yellow^ but the shoul- 
ders and thighs are externally of a fox-red : the 
claws are black; the thumb-claw stands higher 
than in the Dog, and is crooked : the tail is strait, 
somewhat longer and more hairy than in the 
Wolf, and is of a greyish-yellow, more inclining 
to fox-red towards the end; the long hairs have 
black tips^ and consequently the tip of the tail 
appears black : the hair of the Jackal is coarser 
and stronger than that of the Wolf^ and is longest 
on the shoulders and tail, where it measures four 
inches : on the neck and back it is shorter by an 
inch: between the hairs is situated a woolly fur of 
a grey colour : the four middle front teeth are of 
a truncated form, or^ if cut off, flat, not percep- 
tibly notched or indented : the two exterior larger 
ones in the upper jaw are somewhat carinated, in 
the lower rounded : the side or canine-teeth in the 
upper jaw are somewhat larger than in the under : 
the grinders are six on each side, the first being 
the smallest, and of a conical shape; the next 
grinders, to the number of two in the upper and 
three in the lower, are gradually larger, and di- 
vided into three points : the fourth of the upper 
jaw and the fifth of the under are the largest, and 
have two points: the remaining ones stand deeper 
in the jaw, or more inwards^ and are smaller than 
the preceding: the tongue has on each side a 
border or row of small verrucse or warts. " 
According to Mr. Pennant-, the usual length of 
the Jackal is about two feet and a half; the fe- 
