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Show '24 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE HYVENADJE. [June 25, Family 2. HYiENAD^E. Head rather elongate; nose rounded. Tubercular grinders single, only in the upper jaw, wanting in Proteles. Feet produced; toes straight, free, with blunt, exposed, worn claws. Tail short, bushy. SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. * Teeth large, well-developed, 34 ; muzzle narrowed in front. 1. H Y A E N A . With a large, deep subcaudal gland. The tubercular grinders of upper jaw elongate, with three roots. The flesh-tooth with three equal-sized lobes, the front lobe large. 2. C R O C U T A . N O subcaudal gland. The tubercular grinders of upper jaw small, with two roots. Flesh-tooth with unequal lobes, the front one small, and the hinder elongate. ** Teeth all small, rudimentary, 32; upper tubercular grinders absent; muzzle of skull broad, rounded in front. 3. PROTELES. Section I. Teeth large, well-developed, 34; muzzle narrowed in front. 1. HYAENA. A large, deep subanal gland. The tubercular grinders of the upper jaw elongate, transverse, with three roots. The flesh-tooth with equal-sized lobes; the front lobe large, broad. Hycena, Linn., Gray, Kaup. * The braincase of the skull compressed. Fur clouded ; hair very long. 1. HYAENA BRUNNEA. B.M. Hycena brunnea, Thunb. Vetensk. A. H. 1820, p. 59; F. Cuv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxii. 294 ; Busk, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1866, p. 59, t. 1. f. 1-4. H. fusca, Geoff. Diet. Class. IL N . vii. 444, t. 2. f. 1; Fischer, Svn.195. H. villosa, A. Smith, Linn. Trans, xiv. 462. Hyene, Buffon, H. N. Suppl. iii. 234, t. 46. Hab. South Africa. ** Skull with the braincase swollen behind. The fur banded. 2. HY.ENA STRIATA. B.M. Canis hycena, Linn. S. N. i. 58. Hycena striata, Zimmerm. Geogr. ii. 256 ; Busk, Proc. Linn. Soc 1866, p. 59, t. 1. f. 5. H. vulgaris, Desm. M a m m . 215. II. orientalis, Tiedem. Zool. i. 500. II. antiquorum, Temm. Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. iii. 51. « |