. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 186 THE BEASTS OF PREY. much less plentiful than the Spotted Hyaena, but to have about the same habits, living mainly on carrion, perhaps on that washed ashore by the waves. The Striped The Striped Hyaena {Hycena striata) is Hycena a very well-known animal, and is quite Described, often seen in zoological gardens. It is very frequently shipped to Europe, for it exists nearest that continent. [It is also a very familiar feature of menageries in the
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 186 THE BEASTS OF PREY. much less plentiful than the Spotted Hyaena, but to have about the same habits, living mainly on carrion, perhaps on that washed ashore by the waves. The Striped The Striped Hyaena {Hycena striata) is Hycena a very well-known animal, and is quite Described, often seen in zoological gardens. It is very frequently shipped to Europe, for it exists nearest that continent. [It is also a very familiar feature of menageries in the United States.] It is, in fact, a very common animal and the one usually trained to perform the ordinary tricks one sees in circuses. A description of its appearance may be limited to a few words, since it is so extensively known. The fur is rough, stiff and rather long; the color is a whitish-yellow gray diversified by black stripes. The hair of the mane also has black tips and the throat is not infrequently entirely black. The tail is either of a uniform tint or striped. The head is thick, the snout relatively thin, though still clumsy enough; the ears are erect, large and entirely. THE AARD-WOLF. This animal forms a distinct group of the Hy stripes and a rough mane extending along its back. In the picture one Aard- othc;r is just emerging, for they are burrowing animals and live gregariously. of Sheep in southwestern Africa. (Prolcles lalandii.) devoid of hair. The younger specimens resemble the adults. The average length of the body is about three feet, a little more or less. Where and How Hie Striped Hyaena has the most Striped extensive range of the three species; Hycenas Liue. jt js common throughout the north- ern part of Africa, beginning with the extreme west, and is found over a considerable part of southern Africa and all southern Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Bengal. Like all Hyaenas it does not affect woods, but delights in the open country. It is the
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