THE HY2ENA. 



A Striped Hyaena. 



There are several varieties of the Hyaena, as the striped, spotted and villose; all similar and all dis 

 gusting in their habits. They are found in Asia and Africa. They feed on carrion and on small quadru- 

 peds. They not unfrequently dig up recently interred corpses. Their jaws and teeth are exceedingly 

 powerful, as they can crush the thigh-bone of an ox with apparently little effort. Their skull, too, is very 

 strong, and furnished with heavy ridges for the support of the muscles which move the jaw. The hinder 

 parts of the Hyaena are very small, and give it a strange, shambling appearance when walking. The 

 Hyaena is easily tamed, and even domesticated, so that the tales of its untameable disposition are entirely 

 erroneous. 



Villose nytena. 



Spotted fTyienn. 



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