All the others are natives of Africa, which is the true home of the hyena.
Naturalists admit but _three_ species of hyena.

I have not the slightest doubt that there are twice that number as distinct from each other as these three are.

Five, at least, I know, without reckoning as hyenas either the "wild hound" of the Cape, or the little burrowing hyena (_Proteles_)--both of which we shall no doubt meet with in the course of our hunting adventures.
First, then, we have the "striped" hyena already mentioned.

He is usually of an ashy grey colour with a slight yellowish tinge, and a set of irregular _striae_, or stripes of black or dark brown.

These are placed transversely to the length of his body, or rather obliquely, following nearly the direction of the ribs.