NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA. 445 
Several species of the dog (canis) tribe are met 
with in Africa. Vast troops of wild dogs occur in 
Congo ; these are not the original of the common 
dog, but appear to be some variety of that animal 
which has become wild. It is uncertain if the 
fox (canis vulpes) occurs in Africa ; but the wolf 
is common in many places ; and the jackall (canis 
aureus), which is probably the fox of holy writ, is 
abundant. 
The lion, which was formerly an inhabitant of the 
three quarters of the old world, is now principally 
confined to Africa, and a few bordering Asiatic dis- 
tricts. The panther and the leopard are also confin- 
ed to Africa. Several other species nearly allied to 
those just mentioned, are described as peculiar to 
Africa, but their history is still involved in much 
obscurity. 
The hyaena tribe is almost peculiar to Africa. 
In Southern Africa we meet with the spotted hyae- 
na (hyaena crocuta) ; and in the north, the striped 
hyaena (hyaena striata), which occurs also in the Le- 
vant, Persia, and India. 
That remarkable quadruped, the manis, which 
is incased in an armour of moveable horny scales, 
is confined to the old world, and one of the species 
entitled Manis tetradactyla, or long tailed manis, 
is found in Guinea, and also in Senegal. 
The myrmecophaga, or ant-eater, used to be 
reckoned amongst the native inhabitants of Africa $ 
