Hyaenas
Spotted Hyaena: Crocuta crocuta
Description: Short, dirty yellow to reddish coat. Irregular dark brown spots. Short erectile mane.
Habitat: Grassland and flat open terrain ...
Hyaenas are medium to large in size, 10-80 kg. They have a bushy tail, rounded ears, and three of the four species have stripes or spots on their coats (the brown hyaena, Parahyaena, is unmarked). A mane may be present.
Brown hyaenas are smaller than spotted hyaenas at around 40kg when adult. There is little difference in size between the male and female. The average shoulder height is 75cm.
Brown hyaenas are predominantly active at night when clan members split up to hunt and scavenge alone. They take refuge during daytime under thicket, in underground holes, in tall grass patches, under debris or between large rocks.
Spotted hyaenas weigh up to 70kg, but average between 45-55kg with the females being slightly larger than the males. Their shoulder height measures between 80 and 90 cm. Their coats are sandy or greyish brown and short with a spotted pattern.
Calves preyed upon by lions, hyaenas, tigers
Complications of calving
Drought; accidental falls
Bulls fighting in musth
Killed by humans defending their crops or poaching ...
Others, like the hyaenas and the dingo, have reputations as scavengers, feeding mostly on carrion. However, the distinction between hunters and scavengers is a false dichotomy.
Family Hyaenidae: hyaenas, aardwolf
Family Canidae: dogs
Family Ursidae: bears
Family Otariidae: eared seals
Family Odobenidae: walrus
Family Phocidae: seals
Family Ailuridae: red panda
Family Mephitidae: skunks ...
Animals which hunt the Bat Eared Fox include Hyaenas, lions and leopards, but the fox’s acute sense of hearing helps identify these threats and gives it chance to escape.
Other Names
Bakoorvos
Delalandis Fox
Long Eared Fox
Big Eared Fox ...
Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)
One of the most misunderstood animals, spotted hyaenas have a reputation as being sly and cowardly, but are in fact fascinating and... More 46 Images 13 Videos ...
A pride of some 15 lions were just finishing up a tasty cape buffalo carcass when we came across them. They left the carcass for the hyaenas to fight over and enjoyed a leisurely morning of playing, lounging, and drinking.
Most elephants are too large to worry about predators. But there are some animals which might be dangerous to young elephants. Those are Hyaenas, Crocodiles and Lions.
The cat-like lineage gave rise to modern cats, civets, mongooses, and hyaenas. The dog-like lineage gave rise to modern dogs, bears, seals, sea lions, walruses, racoons, weasels, otters, badgers and wolverines.
(which includes jackals, coyotes, foxes, and wolves) the raccoon family (which includes the pandas even though these are not carnivorous animals), the weasel family, the civet family (which includes genets, meerkats and mongooses), and the hyaenas.
 See also: Diver, Genet, Cheetah, Lion, Jackal
  
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