HY^NA. NYCTEREUTES. 405 



697. Hyaena crocuta (Erxleben). 



Cams crocuta Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 578. 

 Hyczna crocuta Zimm., Geogr. Gesch., 1777, p. 256. W, L. 



Sclater, Faun. S. Afr., Mamm., i, 1900, p. 87, fig. 22. 

 HycBna capensis Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 216. 

 Crocuta maculata Layard, Cat. Mamm. S. Afr. Mus., 1862, p. 36. 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1868, p. 525. 

 Spotted Hy^na. 



1. Adult — P. South Africa. Ward's Nat. Scien. Establ., Roch- 



ester, N. Y. 



2. Adult c^ Coll. Le Gud, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 



3. Juv 6" Coll. Le Gud, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 



4. Adult 6" Coll. Marodijeh, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 



698. Hysena hyaena (Linnaeus). 



Cants hycsna Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 40; i, 1766, p. 58. 



HycBna striata Zimm., Specim. Zool. Geogr., 1777, p. 366. 



Hycsna orientalis Tiedem., Zool., i, 1808, p. 500. 



Hycsna vulgaris Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 215. 



Hycsna antiquorum Temm., Ann. Gen. Scien. Phys., iii, 1820, 



P-Si- 

 Hytsna virgata Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1856, p. 397. 



Striped Hy^na. 



1. Adult ^ Coll. South of Toyo Plain, Somaliland, East Africa. 



D. G. Elliot. 



2. Adult (J* Coll. Hersi Barri, Ogaden, Somaliland, East Africa. 



D. G. Elliot. 



3. Juv. (5* Coll. Hullieh, Somaliland, East Africa. D. G. 



EUiot. 



4. Adalt 9 Coll. Durban, Somaliland, East Africa. D. G. 



Elliot. 



5. Adult — P. North Africa. Ward's Nat. Scien. Establ., Roch- 



ester, N. Y. 



6. Adult — - Pres. •? Lincoln Park Menagerie, Chicago. 



Family IV. Caiiiclse. I>oj>'s, Wolves, Foxes. 



Subfamily L Caninae. 



Genus 201. Nyctereutes. 



Nyctereutes Temm., Tidsch. Nat. Geschied. Phys., v, 1838-39, p, 

 285. Type Canis procyonoides Gray. 



