TAB. XIX.
CANIS HY^NA.
CHARACTER GENERICÜS.
Demes primora fuperiores fex: laterales longiores diftantes: intermedii lobati.
Inferiores lex : laterales lobati.
Molares fex vel feptem (plurefve quam in reliquis). LIN. SYST. NAT. p. 5 6 .
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c.
Canis cauda reña annulata, pills cervicis ereftis, auriculis nudis, palmis tetradaftylis.
L I N . SYST. NAT . p. 58.
Hyasna. Briss. Q u a d r . 674.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
U p p e r t e e t h fix: lateral ones longer and diftant: the intermediate ones lobated.
iMwer front teeth fix: lateral ones lobated.
Grinders fix or feven (or more than in other animals of this order).
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &c.
Dog with llrait annulated tail, hairs of the neck ereft, ears naked, fore-feet tetradaftylous.
L I N .
The common Hyeena.
THE Hya:na is an animal whofe afpea is diftinguiihed by the moft expreffive figns of obdurate
malignity; and the charafter of the creature agrees with the indications of its countenance.
It is poffeffed of füllen morofenefs and unrelenting ferocity, accompanied by a confiderable
degree of fubtlety. A tame Hysena is a phienomenon not often feen; but that it does fometimes
occur has been proved by the moft refpeaable authorities, fince Mr. Pennant and the
Count de BufFon have each feen an inflance of it. Hyairnas are plentiful in the interior parts
of Africa as well as in Afia. They inhabit caverns and rocky places: they prowl about chiefly
by night, and feed on the remains of dead animals; they are even faid to devour the bodies
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