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CHARACTERS OF HYAENAS 



The genera Hyaena and Crocuta, the Striped and Spotted 



FIG. 204. Spotted Hyaena. Crocuta maculafa. x fo,~ 



Hyaena respectively, are African and Asiatic in range, Crocuta being 

 limited to South Africa. There is neither hallux nor pollex. 

 The Hyaenas, stigmatised by Sir Samuel Baker as "low- 





FIG. 205. Striped Hyaena. Hyaena striata. x T V 



caste creatures," are mainly carrion feeders. Much Arab supersti- 

 tion is associated with them. Certain peculiarities in the structure 



