SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



III. Subdivision of Digitigrades, 

 Without any tubercular tooth behind the great carni- 

 vorous tooth in the lower jaw. 



Hy^na. Incisors | canine |^, very strong; cheek teeth 

 1^, three conical false molars ; one very large, strong, car- 

 nivorous tooth, with three cutting edges on the outer side 

 and a small tubercle within, and a little tuberculous tooth 

 behind in the upper jaw ; in the lower three false molars, 

 the carnivorous tooth bicuspidous, without an inner tu- 

 bercle, and no tuberculous tooth behind; jaws powerful, 

 shorter than those of the Dog's but longer than in the 

 Felinae ; tongue aculeated ; ears large, tetradactylous ; 

 nails not retractile ; a glandulous pouch at the anus; teats 

 four. 



415. 1. Hyaena Vulgaris, (the Striped Hyaena.) Dirty 

 gray, or slate colour, with transverse darker stripes on the 

 flanks and legs ; a mane of stiff erect hair down the dorsal 

 line. 



Canis Hyaena, Lin. S. N. Hyaena vulgaris, Desm. 

 Mam. 



Foadh, Shale's Travels in Barbary. Abyssinian Hyaena, 

 Bruce s Travels. Hy ana of the Ancients. 



Icon. Buff. Sup. pi. 46. F. Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. No. 10. 

 Pennant, Quad. Kcemph. Ameen. t. 407,/. 4. Bello7i, aquat. 

 t. 34, Ency. Method, t. 108,/. 1. 



Inhabits Barbary, Egypt, Abyssinia, Nubia, Syria, and 

 Persia. 



Obs. Bruce's Canis Hycenomelas does not appear to differ 

 specifically from the common Hyaena, but is probably a 

 larger variety. 



416. 2. Hycena Crocuta, (the Spotted Hyaena.) Dingy 



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