19G 



THE HY>ENA DOG. 



LYCAON P ICTUS. 



Hyetnapictiui, Tcmniiiick, Ann. Gen. Sc. physiques, vol. iii. p. 54, plate 35 



(1K20). 

 Hija-na /Ada, Kulil, Hiitiiij;r, p. 7'-i. 

 Hycena vctiatica, IJiirclicH's Travels, vol. i. p. iuG, and vol. ii. pp. 99 and 



2-2'J (IH'2'2). 

 Canis picliis, llcsmari-st, Mammalogic, Su|)piement, p. 5."}8(I822); 



Uuppcll, Atlas, p. 35, jjiutc 12 (1H2(;) ; J. A. Uagner, 



Supplement to Selirelxr's Siiugtliiere, .\l)tli. ii. p. I.ii). 

 Lycaon tricolor, Brookes, Prod, .\iiim. p. 10 (1H2H). 

 Lycaon tyjnrus, A. ^"niitli, S. African UuartiTiy Journal, vol. ii. (1835) 



1>. 91. 

 Lycaon venaticus, Hamilton Smitli, Jardini-'s Naturalist's Library, vol. x. 



p. 2G(), plate 21 (18 10); (Jray, I'roc. Zool. Soc. 1808, 



p. 497; id. Cat. Carnivorous Mammalia, p. 181. 

 Lycaon pictus, Pagensteeher, Zoologisehe (larten, IS'O, pp. 197 and 238 



(anatomy) ; CJarrod, I'roc. Zool. Soc. 187K, p. 373. 



This animal, as its vernacular name implies, presents a certain resem- 

 blance to the Ilya-Mia. That resemblance, however, is a merely super- 

 ficial one, depending on its external markings and its general aspect 

 alone. In its dentition it is quite dog-like, as is also the form of its 

 c.Tcum, so that its generic separation from the other Canida depends 

 mainly on the absence, externally, of the pollex as well as of the hallu.x. 

 The species ranges from the vicinity of the Cape through Eastern 

 Africa to Kordofan. As to its habits, Burchcll tells us that it hunts in 

 regular packs, and that though habitually nocturnal, it nevertheless is often 

 abroad by day, and is very fleet. jS'ot only sheep but o.xen are attacked 

 by it, the latter being surprised in their sleej) and often having the tail 

 suddenly bitten ofi". Sir Andrew Smith says that it never barks, but 



