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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS 



THE STRIPED HYENA. 



(Cam's Hycena, Linn. L ' Hycenc, Buff.) 



ALTHOUGH naturalists, both ancient and modern, 

 have described the Hyena under different denomi- 

 nations, and have ascribed to it properties which it 

 is now known not to possess, yet its characters are 

 so singular, that it is impossible to mistake them, 

 and so peculiar, as to distinguish it from every 

 other class of animals. In many respects it re- 

 sembles those of the Dog kind, has some similitude 

 to the Wolf in form and disposition, and is about 

 the same size. 



The Hyena has only four toes on each foot; its 

 head is broad and flat, and its muzzle shorter than 

 that of the Wolf; its fore legs are longer than the 

 hind ones; its ears are long, pointed, and bare; 

 and its eyes are remarkably wild, sullen, and fero- 

 cious. 



