. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . eepcotes by night, and ravageswith a ferocity insatiable. By night also its eyes shine; and it is maintained that it sees better than in the day. If we may credit all the natural-ists who have treated of this animal, its cry is very peculiar, beginningwith something like the moaning of a human being, and ending in a soundwhich resembles the sobs or Teachings of a man in a violent fit of vomiting; 1 Hycena vulgaris. The genus Hyama has six upper and six lower inc
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . eepcotes by night, and ravageswith a ferocity insatiable. By night also its eyes shine; and it is maintained that it sees better than in the day. If we may credit all the natural-ists who have treated of this animal, its cry is very peculiar, beginningwith something like the moaning of a human being, and ending in a soundwhich resembles the sobs or Teachings of a man in a violent fit of vomiting; 1 Hycena vulgaris. The genus Hyama has six upper and six lower incisors; twoupper and two lower canines ; ten upper and eight lower molars. Feet tetradactyle; nailsnot retractile; legs long; eves projectii^; ears large ; a glandular pouch at the anus. MAMMALIA— HYiEN A. 161 but, according to Kaempfer, who was an ear-witness of the fact, it soundslike the lowing of a calf. When at a loss for other prey, it scrapes up theearth with its feet, and devours the carcasses both of animals and men,which, in the countries that it inhabits, are interred promiscuously in thefields. THE SPOTTED This animal is a native of Southern Africa, and abounds in the neighbor-hood of the Cape of Good Hope, where it is called the tiger wolf. It issomewhat inferior in size to the striped hyaena, but, in its wild state, hasthe same manners and propensities. Its short muzzle is less abruptlytruncated, and its ears, short and broad in form, are of a nearly quadrilateralfigure. The general color of the hide is a dirty yellow, or yellowish brown,and the whole body is covered with spots of a blackish brown, exceptingthe under part of the belly and of the breast, the inner surface of the limbsand the head. The muzzle is black, and the tail covered with long bushyhair of a blackish brown. Like the striped hyaena, the spotted species hasjaws of enormous strength, with which it easily breaks to pieces the hard-est bones. It is a common but erroneous idea, that the h
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