JACKAL. 
Much has been the confusion, and many 
are the inconsistencies, manifested by various 
authors who have attemped to describe the 
Jackal. It is the Canis Aureus, of Linnsn^ 
and Gmelin ; the Lupus Aureus, of Kaempfer; 
the Canis Flavus, of Brisson ; the Schakal, of 
Pennant ; and the Jackal, of most other Bri- 
tish naturalists. BuiTon^ who calls it the Cha~ 
cal, describes this animal and the Adive under 
one general head: he acknowdedges himselfv 
however, inclined to believe, that they are 
really two distinct species. Biiiion e^ppe^^is to 
have taken much pains in sifting ancient aiid 
modern authors on this subject ; but we can- 
not congratulate him on having effected a fe- 
licitous and luminous arrangement. 
According to Pennant, this animal has yel- 
lowish brown ipides : and ere£t ears, formed like 
those of a Fox, but shorter and less pointed ; 
hairy and white within, und brown tinged 
with dusky without. The head is shorter 
than that of the Fox, and the nose blunter. 
The 
