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Thaus. 
iJyxna, 
CV.S. 
Crocuia, 
Aureus. 
MAMMALIA. FER.E. Ganis. 
Tail fmooth, bent downwards; body greyifli, white undet' 
F A r r- Surinam f'f'oif- 
Lars ercfcl, of the colour of the body ; a wart above the eye'; 
on the cheeks, and under the throat ; toninie fringed at thi' 
hues yize of a cat. « , o . 
Tail ftraight ; hair on the peek eryd ; ears naked ; feel 
T 77 n „ r I . Striped Hvantt. 
Inhabits the Eaji, Perfia, and AJrira : burrows; in the ground) 
dwells in caves; lives long without food ; infefts burying' 
grounds, tearing up and devouring the bodies ; when angiT' 
leizcs wliatever is prtfented to it, and never quits it alive. 
J^azr on the back near a fpan long, erect, with black points; 
nenr the fnout ; eurs naked; tail often venicillate with 
black ring;: ; fireaks of the body brown and black. tninlVcrk 
from the back to the belly; between the anus and tail a duB 
lecreting a fetid matter. 
Tail bulhy ; body with cupved firipes. Ahyjfmian Hyana. 
inhabits Abyjfima,^ and north-eaft of Africa. 
.Siirfy yeljowifli-brovi'n, with curved black (tripes like a reverted 
Idriped acrols with black ; tail 
redddh-brown. 
Tail ftraight ; body fpotted vyith black ; feet 4-toed. 
Inhabits Guinea, .Ethiopia, Cape of Giicd 7 /c^cf^vlf if hJS 
places; preys by ni^ght ou Ihecp, devours carcalfes, attacks 
man ; its voice terrible. 
Lace, black above; Mane (hort, black ; W (hort, foft, 
rulfij . ' black, 
Tail ftraight ; body pale tawny. "facknh 
Inhabits the warm parts of Afia, and Barhary : lurks bv day in 
)T ) ' ■’ but runs 
Iwittly wi h Its prey; protyls by night m flofk^of 200; 
aid'Srcalis'd ’ “'!»“-^^'b hh-ds, fruits, ^ 
and carcalfes dug from the earth; female gravi.l . month. 
brings forth 5— 8 young ; calily tamed, liucUs of mu(k • at 
the cry of one, all within hearing howl hideouHv, and ! 
other bcalL, to hunt the ftag, while the lion or tiler 1 dtw m • 
wait, femes tue prey, and as the king of the foreirfitisfics’ln^ . 
hunger,, and leaves to the crouching jackal the rciiiaiiidei') 
^■heuce ongmates the taleof ti.ejackal being the lion's provit'. 
Body 
