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Saint Francis of Assisi inducing a hyena to a state of obedience. Etching by J.B.M. Pierre.

A hyena is standing next to plate bearing its image and a skull and bones of a hyena skeleton. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

Three types of hyena and many vultures surrounding a kill on the African plains. Coloured lithograph by W C Harris.

The natural history of dogs canidae or genus canis of authors ; including also the genera hyaena and proteles / by Lieut. Col. Chas. Hamilton Smith.

A striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena). Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

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The natural history of dogs canidae or genus canis of authors ; including also the genera hyaena and proteles / by Lieut. Col. Chas. Hamilton Smith.

A hyena is standing next to plate bearing its image and a skull and bones of a hyena skeleton. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena). Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

Three types of hyena and many vultures surrounding a kill on the African plains. Coloured lithograph by W C Harris.

Saint Francis of Assisi inducing a hyena to a state of obedience. Etching by J.B.M. Pierre.