212 HT^NIDiE. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. Ht^na. With a large, deep subeaudal gland. The tubercular 



grinders of upper jaw elongate, with three roots. The flesh- 

 tooth with three equal-sized lobes, the front lobe large. 



2. Ckocttta. No subeaudal gland. The tubercular grinders of 



upper jaw small, with two roots. Flesh-tooth with unequal 

 lobes, the front one small, and the hinder elongate. 



1. HY.ffiNA. 



A large, deep subanal gland. The tubercular grinders of the 

 upper jaw elongate, transverse, with three roots. The flesh-tooth 

 with large, broad, equal-sized lobes. Legs subequal. , 



Hysena, I/inn. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 524. / 



* The brain-case of the shdl compressed. Fttr clouded ; ham^y "'^9- 



1. Hyaena brnnnea. \ ■^•^• 



Hysena brunnea, F. Ciw. Diet. 8c. Nat. xxii. p. 294 ; Busk,y°''- I'^nn. 



Sac. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 524. "" 



Hysena fusca, Geoff. Diet. Class. H. N. vii. p. 444, t. 2. f. 



Syn. p. 196. 

 Hyene, Buffon, H. N. Stippl. p. Ill, t. 46. 



Hab. South Africa. 



** Skull with the brain-case swollen behind. The fur banded. 



2. Hysena striata. 



Canis hysena, Linn. S. JV. i. p. 68. 



Hysena striata, ^?«TO«n)i. Geogr. ii. p. 256; Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 624. 



Hysena vulgaris, Desm. Mamm. p. 215. 



Hysena orientalis, Tiedem. Zool. i. p. 500. 



Hysena antiquonim, Temm, Ann. Gin,. Sci. Phys. iii. p. 51. 



Striped Hysena, Penn. 



Hysena virgata, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 397. 



Hah. North, West, and South Africa. 



2. CROCUTA. 



Subanal gland none. Tubercular grinders of the upper jaw small, 

 with two roots. Flesh-tooth of the under jaw with unequal lobes ; 

 the front lobe small, and the hinder one broad. Fur spotted. The 

 hinder legs short. 



Crocuta, Gray, Kaup ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 626. 



