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THE FENNEC, OR ZORDA. 



striped fur and stiff bristly hair of the hyaanas. The general colour 

 is a yellowish-gray, radiated with transverse stripes of dusky black ; 

 the tail is short and bushy. The fore-feet are provided with five 

 toes ; the hinder ones with four ; all the claws being strong and 

 large. He burrows like a fox, and prowls abroad at night in search 

 of food, which consists chiefly of carrion and small vermin. But it 

 is said that he particularly affects the enormous fatty tail of the 





SPOTTED UYJBNAS (Hyasna crocuta}. 



African sheep, devouring with avidity the semi-fluid mass, which 

 requires no mastication. 



One of the most curious and most graceful of the South African 

 carnaria is the Fennec, or Zorda (Megatolis), a genus of Canidae, 

 resembling the European fox in form and stature, but his hair of a 

 light brown colour ; his muzzle is of extreme fineness, and his eye 

 lively and intelligent ; his enormous ears gift him with an extraordi- 

 nary delicacy of hearing. Every animal has its particular taste, and 



