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CARXIVORES. 



from between the eyes and ears, and along the neck. The 

 ochraceous, then more or less black, with the terminal portion 

 is rather bushj-. The ears are said to be more or less naker 

 less black M-ithin, though with some white hairs, while exter 

 ochre colour at their roots, above which they may or may not 

 specimens, the front of the fore-limbs is more or less marked 

 specimen here represented, the coloration is very irregular, 

 amount of \\hite on the under-surface. In others, however 



root of the tail is 

 white or whitish ; it 

 I : they are more or 

 nally thej^ are of an 

 be black." In some 

 with black. In the 

 there being a large 



the ochre colour is 



CAPE HUXTISG-DOG (^5 iiat. 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 supei-ficial resem- 

 blance to the spotted hyrena 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 

 liy?ena-dog. To account satisfactorilj- for this resemblance is very dilEcult. It has 

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



