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CHARACTERS OF HYAENAS 



The genera Hyaena and Crocuta, the Striped and Spotted 





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FjG. 204. — Spotted Hyaena. Crocuta muntlafa. )< ^^.' 



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

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

 The Hyaenas, stigmatised by Sir Samuel Baker as •' low- 



FiG. 205. — Striped Hyaena. JJi/ac/ia atriata. x jV 



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

 tion is associated with them. Certain peculiarities in the structure 



