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5. Hyoena Fuscu. The Fuscous Hyaena. Strand Wolf of the 

 Cape Colonists. 



Usual height at the shoulder about two feet four inches : much 

 lower behind. Extreme length about four feet ten inches. Hair 

 very long and shaggy on the upper parts of the neck, back, and 

 tail. General colour reddish grey, brindled with brown and black 

 stripes in spots. Extremities yellowish, with deep black trans- 

 verse bands. Tail twelve inches ; black, with red hairs towards 

 the tip. 



Female similar. 



Less abundant than the preceding, but common. 



6. HycenaVenatica. The Wild Dog. Wilde Hond q/ ^/(e Ca/;e 

 Colonists. 



Height at the shoulder under two feet; rather lower behind. 

 Length about four feet three inches. Form slight; muzzle pointed. 

 Ground colour of the hair sandy bay, or ochreous yellow, irregularly 

 blotched and brindled with black and variegated spots of exceed- 

 ingly irregular shape. Face, nose, and muzzle black. Tail bushy 

 like that of a fox, divided about the middle hy a black ring, above 

 which the colour is sandy, and below white. 



Hunts in large organised packs. 



Order. PACHYDERMATA. 

 Genvs. Elephas. 



7. Elephas Africanus. The African Elephant. Oliphant o/ ^/;e 

 Dutch Colonists. Maclou of the 3Iatahili. 



Male attains the height of twelve feet at the shoulder ; droops 

 behind. Extreme length between eighteen and nineteen feet. 

 Skin black, rough, and nearly destitute of hair. Tail short, tufted 

 at the end. Head rounder, forehead more convex, and ears much 

 larger than in the Asiatic Elephant. The latter extremely flat 

 reaching to the legs, and overlapping each other on the top of the 



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