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XIII. NOTES ON HY^NA. 1 



I. — Synopsis of nomenclature of living Hyjenas (1863). 



A. 



Hycena, Storr. Canis, Linnasus. 



Subgenus I. Euhy/ena. Large tubercular above ; loAver carnassial 

 with internal accessory point, either rudimentary or large. 

 1. H. (Euhysena) striata (Zimmermann). 

 Syn. H. vulgaris (Desmarest). 



„ H. antiquorum (Temminck). 



,, H. orientalis (Tiedemann). 



„ H. fasciata (Odmann). Stockholm Trs. 



„ Canis Hyarna (Linn.). 

 „ Canis Hyamomelas ? Bruce. 

 Subgenus II. Ckocotta (Kaup). Crocuta (J. E. Gray). 



2. H. (Crocotta) Crocuta (Zimmermann). 



Syn. H. maculata (Thunberg. Petersburgh Trans.). 



„ H. Capensis (Desmarest). 



Crocuta maculata (Gray). 



3. H. (Crocotta) brunnea, Thunb. Stockholm Trs., 1820. 

 Syn. H. fusca, Geoffroy St. Hilaire. 



„ H. villosa,And.Smith,Linn.Tr.,vol.xv. 1829,p.4G0. 



Crocuta brunnea (Gray, ' Tiger Wolf). 

 Hyene brune, Cut., Fred. Cuv., ' Straand Wolff' or She re 



Wolf of the Boers. 

 Hyene var. Cuv., Oss. Foss., torn. iv. 384. 

 ' Hyene dont la patrie est incounue,' Cuvier. 



B. 



1. H. {Evhyaend) striata, Zimm. Habitat — India, N. W. P. of 

 Hindostan ; Persia ; Syria; Asia Minor, to shores of Black Sea ; Egypt ; 

 Barbary ; Abyssinia ? According to Andrew Smith, not found in 

 South Africa ; but H. brunnea {villosa), Smith, when young, resembles 

 it. Bruce's Canis Hyamomelas on the Atbara affluent of Nile, 

 doubtful; if real, of what species? Said by him to be very large. An 

 II. {Crocotta) brunnea ? I have seen II. striata tamed in India by the 

 Pev. E. Everest, and kept in my grounds. Hindostanee : ' Luckrabugga ' 

 or ' Bughera.' Striped Hyama. 



2. H. {Crocotta) maculata, Thunberg. Habitat — South Africa 

 and Abyssinia ' Tyger Wolff of the Boers. 



3. II. {Crocotta) brunnea, Thunb. 



villosa, Smith, fusca, Geoffroy ; ' Straand Wolff,' 

 ' Shore' or ' Strand Wolf of the Boers. 

 Habitat — Cape of Good Hope ; Natal ; Senegambia; Mozambique. 

 Frequents seashore ; nearly as large as II y ana spelaa. Devours offal 



1 Extracted from the Author's Note-books. The memoranda A and B are of 

 the same date. — [Ed.] 



