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Hyenas or hyaenas (/ h aɪ ˈ iː n ə z / hi-EE-nəz; from Ancient Greek ὕαινα, hýaina) [1] are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae (/ h aɪ ˈ ɛ n ɪ d iː /). With just four extant species (each in its own genus ), it is the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora and one of the smallest in the class ...
Hyaenas: status survey and conservation action plan (PDF). IUCN/SSC Hyena Specialist Group. ISBN 978-2-8317-0442-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2013; Pocock, R. I. (1941). The Fauna of British India. Vol. 2 Mammals. London: Taylor and Francis.
The ancestors of the genus Crocuta diverged from Hyaena (the genus of striped and brown hyenas) 10 million years ago. [26] [27] The ancestors of the spotted hyena probably developed social behaviours in response to increased pressure from other predators on carcasses, which forced them to operate in teams.
University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08085-0. Kruuk, Hans (1972). The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behaviour. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0226455082. Mills, Gus; Hofer, Heribert (1998). Hyaenas: status survey and conservation action plan (PDF). IUCN/SSC Hyena Specialist Group. ISBN 978-2-8317-0442-5.
The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
“The fact that this was a hidden mural … is a very Jewish idea.” The temple’s preschool burned down and the synagogue that once could hold 1,000 people was gone. Thousands of books were ...
Modern humans ventured into northern Europe under extremely cold climate conditions and were living side by side with Neanderthals more than 45,000 years ago, according to new evidence.
Hyaena villosa A. Smith, 1827 Hyaena melampus Pocock , 1934 The brown hyena ( Parahyaena brunnea ), also called strandwolf , [ 4 ] is a species of hyena found in Namibia , Botswana , western and southern Zimbabwe , [ 5 ] southern Mozambique and South Africa . [ 6 ]