The illustrated natural history (microform) (1863) (20646170551)

Title: The illustrated natural history (microform)
Identifier: cihm_50037 (find matches)
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889
Subjects: Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles
Publisher: London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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â TrsT iis till' Aanl Wdlf aiiiicais lo fiuiii the link lictwci'ii tli.' civrts and the liv with -niiir dilHciiltv ri'fcnvd ti inas. > Cltll .SCClllS til IH till' ciiiiiu'ctiu^ link liftwccn thcddys and tlu' liv I'l' ^iiiu;) of aiiiiiials, so the Iliiiitiiio-l)nir ill I lie scale of animated iiatui Kiia.s. Its positidii, linwevei V. is SI I Very oliscme tluit it luis been placed Iiy sonio ^ists aiiKinii- the duos and liy nthers aiiinni;' the liva'nas. As, liuwcver, tlie leadi liiarartei'istic of its forinatioi n<r I llliliea IS to tend rather towards tlu; canine than tho li\aiiiiie type, the IIiiiitin.^-Dii-- has lieen imivisioiially placed at the end of the d lalliii- than at the end of the hya-iias in its 1,'eneral aspect tlierc is much of the liyaMiiue character, and (he creature has iiiti n lii'i'ii mistaken for a hyu'iia, and desirilied" niider that name. There Is, however, Ii'-- of the hxaniiK' type than is seen in the Aard \volf, for the peniliar ridi^ci of jiair tliat ileierates the in'ik of the hya'iia is aliseiit in the linnting-Do.L;-, and thi' hinder (;uaiti-is are not marked liy that striin^f sl(ipin- form which is .so characteristic of tlio liyaiia ami the Aanl wolf it.self. Tlie teeth are almost precisely like those of the ilo,irs, with till'exceiitioii of a sli-lit dilfereiice in the false Dmlars, and'therefore are ipute"distinct IViiui tlidse of the hyieiias. I'.ut the feet are only luiiiished with four toes instead of five, wliirh is a characteri.stie of the hya'iias, and iiiii of the dons. Several other remarkalihi piiiuts of structure are found in this curious animal, some of them tending to ^ive it a ;iii>itiiiii aiiioiiL;- the do;4s, and others apiieariii,^ to refer it to the hyiena.s. The -viieral colour of the lluntiii,i;-I)o- is a reddish or yelhWish hrowu, marked at Willi' intervals witli large patches of hhick and white. The no.se and muz/le are black, ami ihe central line of the lirad is marked with a well-detiiied black striiie, which reaclie.s t.i the hack of the head. The ears are extn'iiiely large, and are covered on liotli their ii'vs with rather short lilaek hairs. From ihrir iiisi,),. ,.,l._;v rises a larue tuft of loii^ uliile hair, whirh .^pii ad.^ over and iie.iilv till- ti.e ia\ ilv of tl le ear he tall IS ciiverei 4 !^#; â¢i'..'.' \

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