THE BROWN HYANA OR STRAND WOLF 
which are good to eat are themselves nocturnal, 
it slowly becomes a night prowler also. 
Nocturnal animals, in addition to possessing 
eyes which enable them to see during the hours 
of darkness, have their sense of smell acutely 
developed. 
In appearance the Brown Hyzna somewhat re- 
sembles a Collie dog, but its legs are much shorter. 
It is covered with long hair, brown in colour, with 
whitish patches on the legs; the head is greyish 
brown, and the forehead blackish, flecked with light 
brown. A special feature is a long mantle ‘of coarse 
hair hanging down from the neck and back and 
reaching below the abdomen. The tail is bushy 
and about a foot in length; and the ears are long 
and pointed. From the nose to the root of the 
tail the average length is three and a half feet. 
THE SPOTTED HYANA 
(Hyena crocuta) 
Also known as the Tijger Wolf and Laughing Hyena ; 
Isadawane of Amaxosa (Stanford) ; Impisi of Zulus, 
Swazis, and Matabele ; Kwiri of Basutos (Kirby) 
Tuts large and powerful hyena was formerly 
common in all parts of South Africa. When the 
European settlers first established themselves at 
the Cape of Good Hope, the Spotted Hyzna was 
quite common there, and haunted the neighbour- 
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