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THE MAMMALS OF EGYPT. 
C. vanegatus^ and is long-legged. It seems to have been killed while changing its 
fur, as on the back of the neck, but more especially on a limited area in the middle of 
the back, behind the shoulders, the fur is much longer than that on the posterior half 
of the body. Behind the shoulders the fur is variegated much in the same way as in 
C. variegatus, and the coloration of the individual hairs is the same in both Alona- 
the neck the black prevails over the white. On the posterior half of the body the 
long hairs have been almost completely frayed off, so that the thick woolly under-fur 
comes nearly to the surface; hence the normal fur is that immediately behind the 
shoulders and on the neck. From the lower posterior border of the range of the 
variegated longer hairs on the middle of the back, a more or less distinct lateral line runs 
backwards along tiie side of the body, and curves downwards to the side of the thigh. 
The outside of the fore limb from the humerus downwards is sandy rufous yellow, but 
with the black spot well defined. The lower half of the thigh is a similar colour 
but with an intermixture of black hairs; otherwise the lower portions of the fore 
and hind limbs are concolorous. There is a tendency to form a black pectoral band, as 
black hairs can be traced round the chest. The back of the ears, the occiput, and the 
upper surface of the muzzle anterior to the eyes are rufous yellow, but on the forehead 
to the eyes the rufous is largely intermixed with black-tipped hairs. There is a pale 
spot over the middle of the upper eyelid; the cheeks are yellowish and white, with 
short black-tipped hair, conferring on them a greyish hue. The upper lip, chin, and 
throat are whitish, also the under parts and inner sides of the limbs. The tail is yellow, 
with here and there broad black-tipped hairs, the tip black, and the spot on its upper 
surface well defined. 
Male. Snout to vent 650 mm.; vent to tip of tail 260; height of ear from external 
meatus 80, height of ear behind 100 ; height at shoulder 390. The skull-a.easurements 
are given in the table, pp. 208-9. 
In the same museum there are two jackals from Sennaar, male and female, obtained 
by Kiippell in 1825, IV. 0.10 a and 1. On the under side of the stand of the male 
there is a MS. label, “ Cams anthus, F. Cuv. Icon. EiippeH’s Atlas, fig. 17. Sennaar. 
Geschenk von Dr. Eiippell, 1825.” 
These belong to a species about the size of Canis aureus, with moderately long legs, 
and with ears considerably shorter than those of C. variegatus, but longer and narrower 
than those of the Indian jackal. "Ihese two specimens are unquestionably distinct 
from the large jackal of Fgypt. 
The male. Ihe upper surface of the head to the occiput, including the backs of the 
ears (which are not rufous) are sandy-coloured, finely speckled with pale brown and 
white, due to the fine annulation of the hair over these parts. The apex of eacli 
hair is hrown, succeeded by a broad white band, followed by a brown band that 
passes gradually into the pale colour of the basal portion of the hair; these hairs are 
