ARISTOTLE 



the spotted hyena closely resembles the male : it has a 

 peniform clitoris, similar in form and position to the penis 

 of the male, and scrotal pouches closely simulating those of 

 the male. Indeed the male and non-parous female arc 

 indistinguishable externally. Matthews points out that 

 Aristotle did not distinguish between spotted and striped 

 hyenas : the legend " relates to the spotted hyena, but 

 Aristotle's refutation of it to the striped, the genital anatomy 

 of which he correctly describes " (Matthews refers to the 

 description in H.A.). Of 103 specimens collected by 

 Matthews, 63 were males ; this is a lower percentage than 

 that given by the hunter with whom Aristotle discussed the 

 subject : he found ten out of eleven were males, but these may 

 have been striped hyenas. 



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