Mammalia. • 91 



Inhabits South Africa. — Districts of Uitenhage and Giaaff- 

 Reynet. 



Cuvier, Ossem. Fossiles. Desm. Mamm. 1. 538. Canis La- 

 laiidii, Diet. Class, iv. p. 18. Mcgalotis Lalandii, H. Smith, 

 in Griffith's Translation of Cuvier' s Animal Kingdom. 



Genus Lycaon. Broolies. 



Incisors ?, canines \ {, molars ? ?, — 42. The little lobe in front 

 of the false molars rather more developed than in dogs. Head 

 short, muzzle more or less pointed; body higher before than be- 

 hind; joints of carpus weak; Jore feet with four toes, hinder 

 with five. 



Lycaon typicus. (Burchell's Lycaon.) . General or ground 

 ■colour a sandy bay or an ochrcous yellow shaded with a darker 

 4iair. The wliole body and outer sides of extremities blotched 

 and brindled with black, intermingled in various parts with 

 wliite spots edged with black. All these spots and markings 

 are exceedingly irregular, and in some degree vary in ditFereut 

 individuals. Its most constant marks are, a deep black stripe 

 e.xtending from the nose up the middle of the face and betweeu 

 the ears, the latter are blackish both within and without, and 

 covered with very short close hair, which is sometimes very 

 thin at the anterior margin of the ears; on the inside, a tuft of 

 whitish hairs. The nose and muzzle black. The tail is bushy 

 like that of the fox, and is divided about its middle by a black 

 ring, abo\ e which the colour is nearly the same as the general 

 tint, and below, it is white. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Hyaena picta, Tew.. Mem de Bruxell, Penn. Quad. Canig 

 pictus, Desm. Mam. 1. 538, Hyaena venatica, BurchelT, 

 Travels in South Africa, vol. i. 456. ii. 99, 2'29. Lycaon tricolor, 

 Brookes 



Obs, When this animal begins to walk or run, after having been at 

 rest for a time, it appears weak or even lame in the hind legs like a 

 Hyaena. It never barks, but gives utt-rance to a shrill sound resembling 

 ho, ho, ho, ho, iio ; the sounds being almost lost in each other. 



Lycaon pictus (RuppelJ's Lycaon.) Head strong and thick ; 

 nose obtuse and broad ; muzzle and face up to the eyes black, 

 with a few white hairs on the upper and lower lip ; forehead, 

 crown, upper and lateral parts of neck, an ochre colour, verg- 

 ing towards red. From the nose a black stripe extends across 

 the sides of the head and along the neck, which is present in all 

 specimens, and may be considered the diagnostic character ; 

 about the throat a few curly hairs, the colours of which are 

 white, yellow, and black ; the remainder of the body marked 

 with white, black, and ochre coloured patches, which are never 

 distributed alike in any two specimens : their size even varies 



