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Chin, neck, breast, belly, and insides of extremities, white. The 

 rest varying in different specimens between tawny fulvous, and 

 reddish brown. Irregularly marked with spots of black, which 

 vary greatly in number, size and appearance, at different ages or 

 seasons. Tail about three feet eight inches long, ringed with black. 

 Whiskers strong and Avhite. Eyes yellow. 



Female similar, but smaller. 



Inhabits thick coverts. Monogamous, or solitary. 



3. Felts Jubata. The Hunting Leopard. Luipaard of the Cape 

 Colonists. 'Nquane of the Bechuana. 



Size of both sexes about that of a greyhound. Body slender; 

 legs very long ; claws semi-retractile. Belly and insides of extre- 

 mities white ; the rest pale yellow, studded with small round black 

 spots, larger on the back and outside of thighs. Hair of the upper 

 part of the neck and withers rather long, forming a small mane. 

 A black stripe on the ears, and another from the corners of the 

 eyes to the angle of the mouth. Tail annulated Avith black and 

 white bars, and tipped with white. 



Inhabits open places. Not common. 



Genus. Hy^na. 



4. TlycBna Crocuta. The spotted Ilyeena. Wolf of the Cape 

 Colonists. Impeese of the MatahiU. 



Height at the shoulder of both sexes about two feet six or eight 

 inches; much less at the rump. Extreme length about five feet 

 ten inches. Feet with four toes ; nails not retractile. Head 

 short, and very broad ; muzzle and nose black. Lower part of the 

 head, throat, belly, and inner surfaces of the extremities, dingy 

 white. General colour of the other parts fulvous brown, irregularly 

 blotched with circular black spots. Tail sixteen inches ; the lower 

 two-thirds of its length furnished with long black hairs, forming 

 a tassel. Hairs on the back of the neck and withers long, forming 

 a reversed mane. Both sexes furnished with a glandular pouch 

 below the tail. 



Very common everywhere. 



