[Stay_frostJebel]

The drawings of it always made me think of a spotted hyena which a nobleman may have gotten from Africa. Not sure how credible those drawings are though.

[benou]

Note that this is precisely what is written at the bottom of the 1st drawing:

> Représentation de la bete féroce nomée hiene qui fait un affreux ravage

Translation (my apologizes if it is not that good):

Representation of the ferocious beast named hyena which does an awful rampage