THE BROWN HYANA OR STRAND WOLF 
(Hyena brunnea) 
Incuka of the Amaxosa (Stanford) 
Tue Brown Hyena in the past was common to 
South Africa, particularly so in the coastal districts 
on the western side of the country. 
When the European settler established himself 
in South Africa, this wolf proved a great pest, 
for it preyed on his flocks and herds, and in conse- 
quence a war of extermination was waged with 
gun, trap, poison, and dogs against it, with the 
result that in those districts where it was once 
abundant, it is either extinct or rare. It is prob- 
ably extinct by now in the Cape Province, but 
is still met with in the Kalahari, South - west 
Africa, and Western Rhodesia. A specimen of 
this hyena was obtained in the Fish River Bush, 
near Grahamstown, some years ago, and this seems 
to be the only record of it having occurred in the 
eastern part of the Cape Province. It is unknown 
in Natal. Beyond the Zambesi these hyznas 
inhabit the western side ofthe continent as far as 
Angola, and on the east as far as British East Africa. 
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