JACKAL. 
The lips are black, and somewhat loose. 
The neck and body very -much resemble 
those of the Fox, but the body is more com- 
pressed. The legs have the same resemblance, 
but are longer. The tail is thick in the mid- 
dle, and tapering to the point. It has five 
toes on the fore feet ; the inner toe very short, 
and placed high : there are four toes on the 
hind feet. All are covered with hair, even to 
the claws. The hairs of this animal are 
much stifFer than those of a Fox, but scarcely 
£0 stiff as the Wolf's. They are short about 
the nose : on the back, three inches long ; 
on the bellv, shorter. Those at the end of 
the tail are four inches in length. The colour | 
of the upper part of the body is a dirty tawny ; 
on the back, mixed with black. The lowef I 
part of the body is of a yellowish white. The j 
tall is tipped with black ; the rest of it is the 1 
same colour with the back. The legs are of | 
an unmixed tawny brown. The fore legs are ^ 
marked, yet not so always, with a black spot ' 
on the knees. But -on no part, Pennant as- f 
serts, are those vivid colours, \vhich could 
merit the title of Golden, bestowed on it by 
Pla-mpfer, 
I avoid, : 
