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CARNIVORES. 



from between the eyes and ears, and along the neck. The root of the tail is 

 ochraceous, then more or less black, with the terminal portion white or whitish ; it 

 is rather bushy. The ears are said to be more or less naked ; they are more or 

 less black within, though with some white hairs, while externally they are of an 

 ochre colour at their roots, above which they may or may not be black." In some 

 specimens, the front of the fore-limbs is more or less marked with black. In the 

 specimen here represented, the coloration is very irregular, there being a large 

 amount of white on the under-surface. In others, however, the ochre colour is 



CAPE HUNTING-DOG (^ nat. size). 



predominant, and the black consists mainly of irregular spots, while there is 

 scarcely any white. This animal inhabits nearly the whole of Africa to the south- 

 wards and eastwards of the Sahara. 



The most remarkable feature about the hunting-dog is its superficial resem- 

 blance to the spotted hyaena of the same country ; this being most noticeable in 

 those individuals in which the ochre colour predominates, and the dark areas take the 

 form of spots. From this resemblance, which is merely superficial and indicates no 

 sort of affinity between the two animals, the hunting-dog is frequently termed the 

 hysena-dog. To account satisfactorily for this resemblance is very difficult. It has 

 been suggested that it is a case of " mimicry " ; that is to say, the resemblance to the 



