SPOTTED HY^NA. 
IHIS species of the Hyaena seems to have 
been first described by Pennant, as a variety of 
the Hyaena; though it is mentioned by several 
earlier writers, under different names. In 
Bosnian's Guinea, it is called the Jackal, or 
Wild Dog ; in Churchiirs CoUe£lion of 
Voyages, the Qunmbengo ; and in Kolben's 
Cape of Good Hope, the Tiger Wolf. 
This animal, which Pennant very properly 
calls the Spotted Hyaena, he describes to have 
a large and flat head. Above each eye, there 
are some long hairs ; and, on each side of the 
nose, very long whiskers. It has a short 
black mane ; and the hair on the body is short 
and smooth. The ears are short, and a little 
pointed ; their outsides being black, and their 
insides cinereous. The face and upper part 
of the head are black : but the body and limbs 
are of a reddish brown, marked with distin6l 
round black spots, and the hind legs have 
transverse black bars. The tail is short, black, 
and full of hair. 
. This description was taken, by Mr. Pcnant, 
from 
