ADVENTURES WITH HY/ENAS. 



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HYAENA. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



ADVENTURES WITH HY2ENAS. 



'n\F the hyasna there are twc 

 sJJ/ species, the common or 

 striped, and the South African 

 or Spotted Hyasna. The for- 

 mer is found in Barbary, Egypt, 

 Abyssinia, Nubia, Syria, and 

 Persia. 



The spotted hysena is a native 

 of Southern Africa; and the species is found, in large numbers, 

 in the neighborhood of the Cape of Good Hope ; from this circum- 

 stance, Desmaret named it. The general shape of this hyaena is 

 very similar to that of the striped, though it is ordinarily smaller. 

 The mane is remarkable, but not quite so full as in the striped 

 species. The general color of the hide is a dirty yellow, ap- 

 proaching to a blackish brown on the belly and limbs, with spots 

 also of a blackish brown, more or less deep, on all parts of thf 1 



