CARNIVORA* 
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THE RED HY^NA. HIENE ROUSSE. CUV. 
Hycena Ritfa. 
Baron Cuvier has described this species, in his 
Researches on fossil Osteology, in the following man- 
ner. It is marked with spots, like the Cape or spotted 
hyaena, which is gray, spotted with brown ; but this 
is reddish, spotted with black. The ears are ash- 
coloured, and longer than those of the striped species. 
Its country and habits are unknown. 
Mr. Bruce describes, at considerable length, a 
species of hyaena, which he insists is new. The de- 
scription does not seem to warrant its being iden- 
tified with either of the above ; and its distinctive- 
ness from the striped species has been very generally 
doubted. 
That the foregoing brief observations on the genus 
hyaena, its species and varieties, may be the more 
interesting, it has been thought proper to add etch- 
ings, in outline, of the common species, that they 
may be compared with those presented as new. 
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