598 Great and Small Game of Africa 



The Striped Hy^na (Hyana striata) 



Somali Name, Lidder 



This animal is identical with the Indian hyaena. It is comparatively 

 rare in Somaliland ; and is considered by the Somal as harmless, since it 

 confines itself to carrion and does not attack living animals or mankind. 

 The specimens I saw had very much longer hair than one sees on the 



-Head .if Striped Hy.vna shot in North Somali Protect! 

 by Lord Delamere. 



Indian hyaena. A female had hair quite 9 inches long and a fine bushy 



tail. It is a smaller animal than the spotted hyaena. I have seen both 



hyaenas together at a kill. There is no sport in shooting either of these 



hyaenas. I shot one of each only. t r> t 



y J J. D. Inveraritv. 



