SYNOPSIS OF THE 



whitish gray, yellow with round brown spots on the flanks 

 and thighs; mane like the preceding. 



Canis Crocuta, Gmelin, S. N. Hysena Capensis, Desm. 

 Mam. 216. 



Hyaena, Barrow's Cape of Good Hope. Spotted Hysena, 

 Pen. Quad. Loup Tigre of Kolbe. 



Icon. Schreb. pi. 96, B. Pennant, Quad., pi. 17. F. 

 Cuvier, Mam. Lithog. Ency. Method. Supp. t. v. f. 4. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Var. a. Fur thicker, of a decided gray red colour ; under 

 part of the throat and body whitish, with blackish indis- 

 tinct spots. Cuv. Ossemens Fossile, iv. 385. 



Obs. There is a specimen in the Museum at Paris de- 

 scribed by the Baron Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, iv. 384 ; with 

 long hair on the back and flanks, hanging down on each side, 

 of a deep brown colour, with transverse bands on the fore 

 legs and hind feet. The Baron doubts, at present, whether 

 to consider it a variety of H. Vulgaris, or a distinct species. 



Felis. Incisors |; canine teeth -^-i ; cheek teeth ff, or 

 §4 ; two false conical and thick in the upper jaw ; a large 

 carnivorous tooth, with three lobes and a little tubercle, 

 which is wanting in some of the species ; the fourth cheek 

 tooth, in upper jaw, nearly flat, and situated transversely ; 

 the two anterior cheek teeth in the lower false ; head round; 

 jaws short ; tongue aculeated ; ears generally short and 

 triangular, in many species with a white spot on the back 

 of them ; pupils of the eyes in some circular, in others ver- 

 tically oval ; anterior extremities with five toes, posterior 

 with four ; nails retractile. 



* Large, yellow, spotless Cats. 



417. 1. F. Leo, (the Lion.) Yellow, with a tuft at the 

 extremity of the tail. Neck of the male furnished with a 

 long thick mane. 



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