Adjulé : Dog-like animal of North Africa.
Etymology:
Tamahaq (Berber) name.
Variant names:
Kelb-el-khela (“bushdog,” in Mauritania), Tarhsît (for the female).
Physical description:
Like a wolf.
Distribution:
Sahara Desert.
Possible explanation:
An African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) outside its usual range. These dogs stand up to 2 feet 7 inches at the shoulder and are normally found in protected sub-Saharan savanna areas. Earlier in the twentieth century, there may have been enough gazelles in sub desert areas for scattered packs to subsist.
Sources:
- Théodore Monod, “Sur la présence du Sahara du Lycaon pictus (Temm.) (Résultats scientifiques de la Mission Saharienne Augiéras-Draper),” Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 53 (1928): 262–264
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SOURCE:
Mysterious Creatures – A Guide to Cryptozoology written by George M. Eberhart – Copyright © 2002 by George M. Eberhart