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Crocuta maculata. B.M. 



Canis crocuta, Erxl. 8yd. p. 578. 



Hytena crocuta, Zimmerm. Gencj. ii. p. 25G ; Busk, Froc. Linn. Soc. 



Hyaeua capensis, Desm. Mamm. p. 216. 



HvJeria maculata, Thunb. Acad, de St. Petersb. iii. p. 303. 



? Tlyieua rufa, Citv. Oss. Foss. 



Crocuta maculata, Gnii/, P. Z. S. 18G8, p. 525. 



Spotted Ilyrena, Pmn. Sijn. p. 162, t. 17. 



Tygerwolttj Kolbe, Vurgeb. p. 171, t. 8. f. 5. 



Hab. South Africa. 



Fam. 13. PROTELEIDtE. 



Head elongate, nose very broad. Back slightlj' crested with long 

 hairs. Legs elongate, hind legs rather the longer. Claws com- 

 pressed, exposed, rather blunt ; hind part of heel hairy, Digiti- 

 grade. Skull oblong, face very broad, and rounded in front ; bullae 

 of ears large ; palate broad, concave, as wide before as behind ; 

 internal nasal opening wide. Cutting- teeth f ; canines conical, 

 small ; grinders ■5- . |, very small, far apart ; false grinders conical, 

 compressed, small ; flesh- tooth of upper jaw very small, triangular ; 

 the fourth grinder in lower jaw very small, rudimentary; tuber- 

 ciilar grinders none above or below ; the front lower false grinder 

 largest, conical, carved like a canine, and separated from the canine 

 by a wide space. 



They have " the habit as well as appearance of Hijcena, and have 

 the same mode of endeavouring to save their feet from iujiiry when 

 fighting or defending themselves, by doubling them under them and 

 walking or crawling on the wrist- or ankle-joints." " He \^Proteles 

 Lalandii~\ snarls or snajjs at you, and has the same kind of face, 

 eyes, and growl as those animals." — Bartldt, 5th Dec. 1868. 



PROTELES. 



Grinders \.^, far apart, rudimentary ; no hinder upper tubercular 

 grinder. 



G. and F. Cuvier arranged this genus with the Vivcrrcr, Blain- 

 ville with the Dogs. It has the external form and colours of the 

 Ihjina. The skull is unlike either of these families ; indeed it is 

 ve\y milike any genus of Carnivora that I am acquainted with. 



