. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 196 THE BEASTS OF PREY. in a pack and together they attack the Sheep and Goat flocks of the natives. The Striped A species much resembling these is Wolf, an Inter- the Striped Wolf {Cards adustus), an mediate Species, animal resembling both the Wolf and the Jackal. The body is elongated; the head of a conical shape, pointed toward the snout, not unlike that of the Fox; the eyes have a slanting position; the ears are widely separated, like those of the Jackal, and rounded; the legs are strikingly long and slen- der. The tail reaches
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 196 THE BEASTS OF PREY. in a pack and together they attack the Sheep and Goat flocks of the natives. The Striped A species much resembling these is Wolf, an Inter- the Striped Wolf {Cards adustus), an mediate Species, animal resembling both the Wolf and the Jackal. The body is elongated; the head of a conical shape, pointed toward the snout, not unlike that of the Fox; the eyes have a slanting position; the ears are widely separated, like those of the Jackal, and rounded; the legs are strikingly long and slen- der. The tail reaches to the ground. "The Striped Wolf," says Pechuel-Loesche, who observed him in Lower Guinea, especially in Loango, in the wilderness as well as tamed, " is statelier and has longer legs than the Fox. He has the same sly expression of the face, but suggests also a decidedly better disposition and has a more aristocratic bearing. These Wolves are remarkably agile, lithe animals. freedom. Not only did he run around in the enclos- ure and visit our rooms, but he prowled around for hours in our plantations and the forests of the neigh- borhood. He searched for Beetles and Grasshpp- pers, playfully jumping after those that whirred away, and also caught many an unwary little mammal or bird. Unfortunately $e did not catch the Rats which had become quite a plague in our camp. He left the poultry alone after once having received a slight castigation for catching a Hen. When after this he regarded some forbidden dainty with covetous eyes, ' a mild word or a slight remonstrance was sufficient to turn him from his evil way. Sometimes he strayed from the enclosure and remained away all day, but he always made his appearance in the dining-room at night to receive a few scraps. If he was forgotten for a longer time than he deemed proper, he pushed his nose against the leg of some one present, or, like. CAPE JACKAL. Ranging in Nubia soutli to the Cape,'
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