HYiENA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Canis Hyana. C. cauda recta, pilis cervicis erectis, auriculis 
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nudis, pedibus tetradactylis. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. 71- 
Tail straight, hair erect on the neck, ears 
naked ; four toes on each foot. 
Taxus porcinus sive hyaena veterum. Kcempfer. 
Amcenit. Exot. p. 411. t. 407- f. 4. 
Striped Hyaena. Sm. Buff. v. 5. p. 226. pi. 128. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. ed. 3. v. 1 . p. 270. Beta. Quadr. 
p. 271. Shaw Gen. Zool. pi. 78. 
When Mr. Pennant visited the Tower in the year 
179 2 j he saw two young hyaenas, not above half a 
year old, that were quite tame and inoffensive. He 
likewise mentions one in the possession of Mr. 
Brooks, that was as quiet as a dog ; and Buffon 
saw one at the fair of St. Germain, in the year 
177 ^ which was so remarkably gentle that it fre- 
quently played with its keeper ; who, to astonish 
the spectators, would occasionally put his hand into 
the animal’s mouth, without the least apprehension 
of danger. These are merely quoted as instances 
of exception to the received opinion of their un- 
tameable nature ; not intended to alter our ideas of 
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