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MAMMALIA. 
Suricata capensis. —The Surikate. 
Plate XVII. fig. 3. 
Hairs annulated with brown, white, yellow, and black, form¬ 
ing a general shade of dull brown ; nose round ; eyes and ears 
black; under parts and tail yellowish ; nails long, strong, and 
black. 
Division III. — Without a tuberculous tooth behind the great 
carnivorous tooth in the lower jaw. 
Genus 56 .—Hyaena.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth ®, canines J—i, very strong; 
grinders 5 —^.; total 34. Three false grinders ; one very large, 
strong, carnivorous tooth, with three cutting edges on the outer 
side, and a small tubercle within, with a little tuberculous 
tooth behind in the upper jaw ; in the lower, three false molars ; 
the carnivorous tooth bicuspid, without an inner tubercle, and 
no tuberculous tooth behind; jaws powerful, shorter than those 
of the dog, but longer than in the Felinse; tongue aculeated ; 
ears large; feet tetradactylous ; nails not retractile ; a glandu¬ 
lar pouch at the anus ; teats four. 
Hycena vulgaris _The Striped Hyaena. 
Plate XVI. fig. 1. 
Fur dirty gray, or slate colour, with transverse darker - stripes 
on the flanks and legs ; a mane of stiff erect hairs down the ridge 
of the back. Inhabits Egypt, Barbary, Abyssinia, Syria, Nu¬ 
bia, and Persia. 
Hycena crocuta. —The Spotted Hyaena. 
Plate XVI. fig. 2. 
Fur dull whitish gray, or yellowish, with round brown spots 
on the flanks and thighs; mane extending to the loins. Inhabits 
Southern Africa. 
