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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
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and Soricictis from the Upper Miocene, the former as large as a 
panther; Tylodon, of small size, from the Upper Eocene; and 
Palceonyctis from the Lower Eocene, also small and showing a 
very great antiquity for this family, if really belonging to it. 
Family 26. — PKOTELIDiE, (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
NE ARCTIC 1 
Sub-regions. | 
P ALASARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
1 Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
1 Oriental 
Sub-reoions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 

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The curious Prgteles or Aard-wolf, a highly-modified form of 
hyaina, approaching the ichneumons, and feeding on white 
ants and carrion, is peculiar to South Africa. 
Family 27.— HYiEHID^E. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Ne ARCTIC 
Pal A! ARCTIC 
Ethiopian 
1 Oriental 1 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
Sub-regions. 
Sub- regions. 
Sub-regions, 
| Sub-regions. 1 
Sub-regions. 
2 ! 1.2.3— 1 
The Hyaenas are characteristically EtlTopian, to which region 
two of the species are confined. The third, Hyaena striata , 
ranges over all the open country of India to the foot of the 
Himalayas, and through Persia, Asia Minor, and North Africa. 
Its fossil remains have been found in France, 
Extinct Species. — The cave hyaena (II. spelcea) occurs abun- 
dantly in the caverns of this country and of Central Europe, 
and is supposed to be most nearly allied to the II. crocuta of 
South Africa. Another species is found in some parts of France. 
The earliest known true hyaenas occur in the Pliocene formation 
in France, in the Eed Crag (Older Pliocene) of England, and in 
the Upper Miocene of the Siwalik hills. In the Miocene 
period in Europe, quite distinct genera are found, such as 
Hycenictis and Lycama from the Upper Miocene of Greece ; 
