There is a dash of the maniac in its tones, and it reminds me of the sharp metallic ring which I have noticed in the voices of negroes.

I have already compared it to what I should fancy would be the laugh of a _maniac negro_.
The striped hyena, although the best known, is in my opinion the least interesting of his kind.

He is more widely distributed than any of his congeners.

Found in most parts of Africa, he is also an Asiatic animal, is common enough throughout all the southern countries of Asia, and is even found as far north as the Caucasus and the Altai.

He is the only species that exists in Asia.