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Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena)

[In upper margin, hand G:]
mannetjes Hyaena, aan de caap genoemt tyger wolf, den caap den 1 July 1777. R:J: Gordon.
doodgeschoten leggende getekent. door de hottentotten genaamt t hòeka de eerste syllabe met een klappende slag tegelyk uitsprekende. lang van snuit tot begin der staart vier voet,
nogthans niet volwassen.

[In upper margin, hand G:]
Male hyena, called tiger-wolf at the Cape. The Cape, 1 July 1777. R.J. Gordon.
Drawn lying after being shot dead. called by the Hottentots t hòeka, pronouncing the first syllable together with a pronounced click. Length from the nose to the beginning of tail 4 feet,
not yet full grown.

Object data

  • Place: Cape Town
  • Date: 2nd July 1777
  • Size: h 24.1 cm × w 40.6 cm
  • Object nummer: RP-T-1914-17-133