NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



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A Pair of Slender-tailed Meerkats 



AND THEIR YoUNG OnES 



Billy the Meerkat ; The Skull 

 and Teeth of a Slender-tailed 

 Meerkat ..... 



A Family of Aard Wolves or Man- 



HAAR JaKHALS .... 



An Aard Wolf about Half-grown . 

 The Jaws of an Aard Wolf; The 



Jaws of a Cape Jackal 

 The Brown Hy^na 

 The Spotted Hy^na 

 The Skull of the Spotted Hy^na 

 Spotted Hy^na (Young Specimen) 

 A Black-backed Jackal and one of 



A Litter of Five Puppies 

 A Cape Jackal emerging from Cover 

 The Skull of a Black-backed Jackal 

 The Black-backed Jackal 

 The Silver Fox 

 Delalande's Fox . 

 Skull of Delalande's Fox 

 The Cape Hunting Dog . 

 The Skull of a Cape Hunting Dog 

 A Cape Hunting Dog on the Watch 



FOR A Meal .... 

 A Cape Hunting Dog devouring a 



Bush Buck Ram 

 The Cape or Clawless Otter 

 Skull of the Clawless Otter 

 Two Spotted-necked Otters . 

 The Honey Ratel . 



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