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THE MAMMALS OE EGYPT. 
the fox it barely extends so far back as the occipital crest; or this character might 
be better expressed by saying, the sagittal crest is weaker and shorter in the fox. The 
teeth and lower jaw are also more powerful in the jackal. 
Measurements of an adult male. Tokar, 8.1.94. 
mm. 
Suout to vent. 760 
Vent to tip of tail. 270 
Snout to eye. So 
Eye to ear. 75 
External meatus to snout. 170 
Height of ear. 95 
Breadth of ear. 55 
Height at shoulder. 460 
Hind foot (about). 130 
Measurements of skulls. 
47. c?. 
48. ?. 
49. c^. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Greatest length. 
. . 161 
141 
153 
„ breadth . 
. . 80 
71-5 
81-5 
Basal length. 
, . . 146 
128 
137 
Length of palate. 
, . . 80 
71-5 
75-5 
Breadth of brain-case. 
. . . 50 
47 
50 
Least temporal constriction. 
. . 33 
28-5 
32-5 
Width across postorbital processes . 
, . . 40 
36-5 
42-5 
Least interorbital breadth. 
. . 28-5 
24-5 
28-3 
Breadth of upper jaw outside 4 . . 
. . . 45 
41 
44 
pms. 1 
>} 99 99 C - • 
. . . 22 
21 
23 
Length of - 4. 
. . . 14-5 
14-3 
13-5 
So far as is at present known, this large-eared and long-legged jackal is confined 
to the coast-land from Suakin to Berbera in Somaliland. 
Notes made by Dr. Anderson on specimens contained in the Continental Museums, 
having a bearing on this species : — 
Frankfort Museum. 
Three specimens, marked respectively :— 
IV. 0 a. Nubia, Kiippell, 1824. 
IV. 0 b. Sennaar, Ruppell, 1823. 
IV. 0 c. Thai Ail at, Abyssinia, Riippell, 1834. 
All are marked “ originalsf or types. 
