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The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, [3] is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN due to its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals. [1]
Spotted hyena with a wildebeest skeleton in Karatu, Arusha, Tanzania. The spotted hyena is the most carnivorous member of the Hyaenidae. [1] Unlike its brown and striped cousins, the spotted hyena is primarily a predator rather than a scavenger. [2]
The spotted hyena is very vocal, producing a number of different sounds consisting of whoops, grunts, groans, lows, giggles, yells, growls, laughs and whines. [47] The striped hyena is comparatively silent, its vocalizations being limited to a chattering laugh and howling. [48] Whoop of a spotted hyena in Umfolosi Game Park, South Africa.
The cave hyena's diet probably differed little from contemporary African spotted hyenas, [11] and like living spotted hyenas, cave hyenas probably lived in groups (which in living spotted hyenas are called "clans") and were active predators rather than purely scavengers (with hunting being predominant over scavenging in the living spotted hyena ...
Cases of African wild dogs scavenging from spotted hyenas are rare. Although African wild dog packs can easily repel solitary hyenas, on the whole, the relationship between the two species is a one-sided benefit for the hyenas, [76] with African wild dog densities being negatively correlated with high hyena populations. [77]
Archaeologists have announced a rare and extraordinary discovery made in the Egyptian desert.. Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old “top apex” predator ...
Spotted hyena [14] Crocuta crocuta: Africa Uganda [9] Striped hyena [9] Hyena hyena: Asia India [9] Tiger [14] [22] Panthera tigris: Asia India, [22] Nepal [22] Tiger attack: Tiger shark: Galeocerdo cuvier: Africa, North America Bahamas, Egypt, United States Shark attack: West African crocodile: Crocodylus suchus: Africa Crocodile attack
Other pack hunting mammals include chimpanzees, dolphins, such as orcas, lions, dwarf and banded mongooses, and spotted hyenas. Avian social predators include the Harris's hawk, butcherbirds, three of four kookaburra species and many helmetshrikes. Other pack hunters include army ants, the goldsaddle goatfish, [2] and occasionally crocodiles. [3]