NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



18. A PAIR OF SLENDER-TAILED MEERKATS 



AND THEIR YOUNG ONES . . To fdCg Page 58 



19. BILLY THE MEERKAT ; THE SKULL 



AND TEETH OF A SLENDER-TAILED 



MEERKAT ..... 60 



20. A FAMILY OF AARD WOLVES OR MAN- 



HAAR JAKHALS .... 64 



21. AN AARD WOLF ABOUT HALF-GROWN . ,, 67 



22. THE JAWS OF AN AARD WOLF; THE 



JAWS OF A CAPE JACKAL . . ,,72 



23. THE BROWN HY^NA ... ,,78 



24. THE SPOTTED HYAENA ... 81 



25. THE SKULL OF THE SPOTTED HYAENA 85 



26. SPOTTED HY^NA (YOUNG SPECIMEN) 88 



27. A BLACK-BACKED JACKAL AND ONE OF 



A LITTER OF FIVE PUPPIES . 92 



28. A CAPE JACKAL EMERGING FROM COVER ,, 94 



29. THE SKULL OF A BLACK-BACKED JACKAL ,, 97 



30. THE BLACK-BACKED JACKAL . . 102 



31. THE SILVER Fox .... 112 



32. DELALANDE'S Fox .... 114 



33. SKULL OF DELALANDE'S Fox . . 117 



34. THE CAPE HUNTING DOG ... ,, 124 



35. THE SKULL OF A CAPE HUNTING DOG 127 



36. A CAPE HUNTING DOG ON THE WATCH 



FOR A MEAL .... 129 



37. A CAPE HUNTING DOG DEVOURING A 



BUSH BUCK RAM ... 130 



38. THE CAPE OR CLAWLESS OTTER . 132 



39. SKULL OF THE CLAWLESS OTTER . 134 



40. Two SPOTTED-NECKED OTTERS . . 141 



41. THE HONEY RATEL . . . . ,, 144 



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