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A single spotted hyena can eat at least 14.5 kg of meat per meal, [20] and although they act aggressively toward each other when feeding, they compete with each other mostly through speed of eating, rather than by fighting as lions do. [21] Spotted hyenas can take less than two minutes to eat a gazelle fawn, [22] while a group of 35 hyenas can ...
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 ]
The spotted hyena, though it also scavenges occasionally, is an active pack hunter of medium to large sized ungulates, which it catches by wearing them down in long chases and dismembering them in a canid-like manner. Spotted hyenas may kill as many as 95% of the animals they eat. [53]
In the Kalahari Desert, they are often the dominant mammalian carnivores present because of this behavior and the relative scarcity of lions, spotted hyenas, and packs of African wild dogs. In areas where their territories overlap, brown hyenas may, on rare occasions, be killed by spotted hyenas and lions. [1]
Hyenas are large, powerful animals, up to 80 kg (176 lb) and represent one of the most prolific large carnivorans on the planet. The aardwolf is much smaller and is a specialised feeder, eating mainly harvester termites. Family Herpestidae (mongooses, kusimanses, and the meerkat) has 32 species. Previously, these were placed in the family ...
The relationship between spotted hyenas and lions, in which each species steals the other's kills, [30] is a form of kleptoparasitism. [20] Cheetahs are common targets. Bears, coyotes and wolves are very opportunistic and all have this behavior. Crab-eating macaques have also exhibited kleptoparasitic behaviors.
Brown hyena: 123 Spotted hyena: 124 Jaguar: 134 Jaguarundi: 75 Leopard: 98 Clouded leopard: 137 Lion: 128.1 Northern olingo: 162 Sand cat: 137 Sun bear: 160 Least weasel: 164 Spotted-tailed quoll: 179 Tasmanian devil: 181 Tiger: 139 Thylacine: 166
Spotted Hyena, Crocuta crocuta. The scientific name of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) was taken from the mythological crocotta, [6] and there are some similarities in the description. Hyenas do have very powerful teeth and jaws, can digest a wide range of foods, are known to dig up human bodies for food, and can make unnervingly humanlike ...