Brown Hyaena 597 



is still heard of here and there along the coast-line of Cape Colony and 

 Namaqualand. In the interior it has, like its more formidable cousin 

 the spotted hysna, been shot and poisoned off by the farmers and natives 

 until it may now be regarded as a scarce animal. In height the brown 

 hyasna stands from 2 feet 4 inches to 2 feet 8 inches, while it measures 

 in length about 5 feet 8 inches from nose to tip of tail. The general 

 colour is grizzled brown, brindled on the sides and hips with faint broadish 

 transverse bands of a deeper brown. The legs are strongly and distinctly 

 barred with blackish or very dark brown markings. The tail, which 

 measures from 12 to 14 inches, is dark brown. A collar of dirty yellowish 

 white surrounds the throat and runs up the sides of the neck. The hair 

 is long, coarse, and shaggy, except upon the head, ears and legs, where it 

 is short and crisp. On the back and sides the hair will measure as much 

 as 10 inches in length. There is, however, no spinal mane or crest, as 

 with the spotted hyina. 



The strand wolf has much the same habits as its spotted congener. 

 It is cunning, cowardly, and cruel, and when deprived of its natural carrion 

 will attack sheep, goats, calves, and occasionally even larger animals. 

 It is occasionally heard of north of the Orange River, in Bechuanaland 

 and elsewhere, but is far less common than the spotted hyasna. Its 

 lurking places are in mountains and thick bush, and its habits essentially 

 nocturnal. North of the Zambesi the brown hysna has been found as 

 far as Angola on the west, and Kilimanjaro on the east of Africa. 



H. A. Bryden. 



