112 STRAAND WOLF. 
throughout the sandy district in which it is usually 
found. From its peculiar habit of frequenting the 
sea-coast, the Dutch colonists have given this ani- 
mal the name of ‘ Straand wolf,” to distinguish 
it from the tiger wolf, or spotted hyzena, and the 
Aard wolf, or Proteles of zoologists, which are found 
throughout the Colony. 
The following are the dimensions of the specimen 
from which this account has been drawn up :-— 
From the nose to the root of the tail ; : 4 ‘ 
Height at the shoulder Bh) a 
2 Ree croup 2 0 
Breadth of the head between ne ears 0 54 
Length of head from nose to occiput . ° 0 10 
Length of the ear : : ° OF ed 
Breadth of ditto ? . 9 4 
Length of the tail to the extremity of anette 92, with hair 14 
The hair is remarkably long, coarse, and shaggy 
over the whole body of the animal; on the head, 
ears, and extremities alone, short and crisp. Its 
length on the back and sides is eight or ten inches, 
and it does not form a long mane on the spine, as 
is the case with the common hyena (/7Z. vulgaris) 
The general colour of the head, body, and extre- 
mities is grizzled brown, from the long hairs being 
greyish at the roots and brown at the points, marked 
on the sides and hips with large but rather indis- 
tinct transverse bands, of a deep vinous brown 
colour. The legs, particularly the fore, which, as 
in the other hyeenas, are much longer than the hind, 
