HYiENA. 
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common wolf, and the eyes smaller,, and situated 
at a great distance from each other. In America, 
the black wolf is chiefly found in Canada, and in 
Europe occurs only in the more northern regions. 
Its fur is much inferior to that of the common 
wolf. 
Hyjsna, or striped hyjena. 
The hyaena is a native of Asiatic Turkey, Syria, 
Persia, and many parts of Africa. It is about the 
size of a large dog, of a pale greyish brown, and 
marked across with several distant blackish bands. 
The hair of its neck is erect, and is continued in a 
bristly mane along the back. The tail is rather 
short, and very bushy. The head is broad and flat, 
and the eyes have an expression of great wildness 
and ferocity. 
The hysenas generally inhabit caverns and rocky 
places ; prowling about in the night to feed on the 
remains of dead animals, or on whatever living 
prey they can seize. They violate the repositories 
of the dead, and greedily devour the putrid corpse. 
They likewise prey on cattle, and frequently com- 
mit great devastation among the flocks ; yet, when 
other provisions fail, they will eat the roots of 
plants, and the tender shoots of the palms. They 
sometimes assemble in troops, and follow the 
march of an army, in order to feast on the slaugh- 
tered bodies. 
The cry of the hyaena is very peculiar. It be- 
gins with somewhat like the moaning of the human 
voice, and ends like that of a person making a 
violent effort to vomit. His courage is said to 
equal his rapacity. He will occasionally defend 
himself with great obstinacy against much larger 
animals. Kaempfer relates,, that he saw one which 
had put to flight two lions ; and that he has often 
