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JACKAL (Turk. chakal)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 107 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JACKAL (Turk. chakal) , a name properly restricted to Canis aureus, a See also:wolf-like See also:wild member of the See also:dog See also:family inhabiting eastern See also:Europe and See also:southern See also:Asia, but extended to include a number of allied See also:species. Jackals resemble wolves and See also:dogs in their dentition, the See also:round See also:eye-pupils, the See also:period of gestation; and to a large extent also in habits. The See also:European species grows to a height of 15 in. at the shoulders, and to a length of about 2 ft., exclusive of its bushy tail. Typically the See also:fur is greyish-yellow, darker on the back and lighter beneath. The range of the See also:common jackal (C. aureus) extends from See also:Dalmatia to See also:India, the species being represented by several See also:local races. In See also:Senegal this species is replaced by C. anthus, while in See also:Egypt occurs the much larger C. lupaster, commonly known as the See also:Egyptian wolf. Nearly allied to the last is the so-called See also:Indian wolf (C. pallipes). Other See also:African species are the See also:black-backed jackal (C. mesomelas),afford excellent See also:sport. Jackals are readily tamed; and domesticated individuals are said, when called by their masters, to wag their tails, crouch and throw themselves on the ground, and otherwise behave in a dog-like See also:fashion. The jackal, like the See also:fox, has an offensive odour, due to the secretion of a gland at the See also:base of the tail.

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