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CARNIVORES. 
Needless to say, the sufferings of the poor brute were soon terminated by a 
bullet. Although, owing to their nocturnal habits, hyaenas are seldom seen, yet 
in some parts of India, from the multitude of their tracks, they must be very common. 
These tracks, as Mr. Blanford observes, are like those of a dog, from which they 
may, however, be distinguished by the small size of the prints of the hind as 
compared with those of the fore-feet. 
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The Brown Hyaena (. Hyaena brunnect). 
The brown hyaena is far less well known than either of the other living 
species. Although in most respects more nearly allied to the striped hyaena, it 
exhibits some points of affinity with the spotted species. It is characterised by 
the long mantle of coarse hair, depending from the neck and back, and reaching* 
below the belly, as is well shown in our illustration on p. 487. The ears are long 
and pointed, and the tail is short and bushy. The general colour of the long hair 
is uniform dark brown, with lighter brown or whitish patches on the legs; while 
the head is dark greyish-brown, and the forehead black, sprinkled with whitish 
or reddish-brown. The long hair of the back is whitish-grey at the root, and 
blackish-brown above. The legs are striped. In size this species is about the 
same as the striped hyaena. 
The brown hyaena is a South African species, ranging on the East Coast as 
far as Kilima-njaro, while on the west side it may extend as far north as 
Mossamedes. It does not ever appear to be found at any great distance from the 
coast. It is doubtless this species, referred to by Mr. H. H. Johnston as the striped 
hyaena, which is common on the flanks of Kilima-njaro, up which it ascends to a 
considerable elevation; the spotted hyaena being confined to the plains. In its pre¬ 
ference for rocky spots in that district it, therefore, resembles the striped hyaena. 
The Spotted Hyaena ( Hycena crocuta). 
The African spotted hyaena is by far the largest and most powerful of 
the three living species, differing from the others not only in several structural 
features, but also by its habit of associating in packs, and of giving utterance more 
frequently to its unearthly cry. 
Externally the spotted hyaena is distinguished by its rounded and moderate¬ 
sized ears, by the absence of a crest of long hairs along the neck and back, and the 
shorter and less hairy tail. Moreover, the hind feet are relatively larger in 
proportion to the fore-feet, and the front and hind-legs are more nearly equal in 
length; the hind-limbs being less bent than in the other species. The ground¬ 
colour of the fur of the body is yellowish, and upon it are dark brown spots; 
the front of the face and the lower portions of the limbs being also dark. 
In addition to certain structural features of the soft parts, into the considera¬ 
tion of which it would be out of place to enter here, the spotted hymna is 
distinguished by the characters of its teeth. As these have been already 
partially described (p. 485), it will suffice to mention that the upper molar-tooth, 
situated on the inner side of the exceedingly elongated flesh-tooth, has a very 
