THE CARACAL. ir,:i 



also on small quadrupeds, and birds, which it pursues actively on trees. According to M. Tomniinck, 

 the caracals hunt in packs, like wild dogs, and so run down their prey. 



A young caracal in the Zoological Gardens was very familiar and anxious to bo noticed, pleased 

 with being caressed, and as playful as a kitten. But Dr. Charleton relates that ho saw ono fall on a 



THE CAKACAL. 



hound, which he killed and tore in pieces in a moment, though the creature defended itself to the 

 utmost. 



An animal, whose head we give,* is by some naturalists classed with the lynx. At Chili it is 

 known under the name of huina. 



Another Family f of digitigrade carnivorous, mammalia is distinguished by having their fore legs 

 longer than their hind legs, by their rough tongue, their 

 cutting and crushing teeth, their projecting eyes, large ears, 

 and by a deep and glandular pouch in the hinder part of 

 the body. Their nails are more retractile. 



The false molars three above and four below are 

 conical, blunt, and very large. The upper flesh-tooth has n 

 small tubercle within, and in front ; but the lower one has 

 none, and presents only two trenchant points. The whole 

 dental organization, and, indeed, the whole cranial structure, 

 has been formed to bring into the most available action the 

 formidable natural instruments which enable the hyenas 

 to break the hardest bones. 



HEAD OK FEUS FAGEROS. 



THE STRIPED IIV.ENA.J 



Tins animal, which is found from Persia through India, and along the North of Africa to Abyssinia 

 uiiil Senegal, may be taken as a fair representation of the nice. 



The Hywna feeds principally at night, and o.mvids himself during the day in his den, among 

 ruins craggy rocks, or solitary thickets. As evening draws in, these animals begin their prowl 



Ftlta pagercs. Desmarest. 



f HjR'iiina. 



llyivna vulgaris. 



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