THE BROWN HYJENA OR STRAND WOLF 



(Hycena brunnea) 

 Incuka of the Amaxosa [Stanford) 



The Brown Hyaena in the past was common to 

 South Africa, particularly so in the coastal districts 

 on the western side of the country. 



When the European settler established himself 

 in South Africa, this wolf proved a great pest, 

 for it preyed on his flocks and herds, and in conse- 

 quence a war of extermination was waged with 

 gun, trap, poison, and dogs against it, with the 

 result that in those districts where it was once 

 abundant, it is either extinct or rare. It is prob- 

 ably extinct by now in the Cape Province, but 

 is still met with in the Kalahari, South-west 

 Africa, and Western Rhodesia. A specimen of 

 this hyaena was obtained in the Fish River Bush, 

 near Grahamstown, some years ago, and this seems 

 to be the only record of it having occurred in the 

 eastern part of the Cape Province. It is unknown 

 in Natal. Beyond the Zambesi these hyaenas 

 inhabit the western side of the continent as far as 

 Angola, and on the east as far as British East Africa. 



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