"Striped hyena" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... been speaking of the hyena, as if there was but one species. For a long time but one was known—the common or "striped hyena" (Hyena vulgaris), and it was about this one that so many false stories have been told. Perhaps no other animal has held so conspicuous a place in the world of mystery and horror. Neither vampire nor dragon have surpassed him. Our ancestors believed that ...
— The Bush Boys - History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family • Captain Mayne Reid |
