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p eriod of gestation. -Sixty-three days : it breeds in the winter. 
Description. From rusty red to light brownish grev, lowor narts naler 
dorsal hair with dark tip, light under fur, tail generally black tipped ? The 
young are sooty black throughout. It is absolutely predatory in its habiis and 
is undoubtedly the most inveterate game destroyer in the country. It hunts in • 
packs, in couples and singly, and will eat carrion and vegetable matter It S 
extremely shy of man and usually runs mute. It should always be shot at sight 
It is perfectly untameable. Special efforts should be made by Government fnd 
sportsmen to reduce the number of these pests, they are most prolific and are 
extirpating game all over India. 1 e 
THE INDIAN FOX. 
EwZpes Bengalensis. Native names: I.omri Bom Bohri Hinrl • TThoLn 
Its}*** *•* Tel.; 
Habitat. - Throughout India, except in thick forest. Unknown in Burma. 
