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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 hyenas feature prominently in the rituals of certain African cultures. In the Gelede cult of the Yoruba people of Benin and Southwest Nigeria, a spotted hyena mask is used at dawn to signal the end of the èfè ceremony. As the spotted hyena usually finishes the meals of other carnivores, the animal is associated with the conclusion of ...
Spotted hyenas are a matriarchal society, where adult females dominate adult males [8] and are also more aggressive than males. When a male hyena leaves his natal clan, he behaves submissively to all newly encountered hyenas; as a result, when he settles down with a new clan as a breeding male, he is submissive to all natal clan members. [9]
One of the "hyena men" feeding a spotted hyena. Written records indicate that spotted hyenas have been present in the walled Ethiopian city of Harar for at least 500 years, where they sanitise the city by feeding on its organic refuse. [1] The practice of regularly feeding them did not begin until the 1960s.
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]
It is still unclear whether the genus evolved in Africa or Asia, although the oldest known fossils are from Africa and dated to about 3.8 mya. [1] The earliest remains from Asia currently attributed to the genus is Crocuta honanensis from the Early Pleistocene of China dating to around 2.5-2.2 million years ago, but its relationship to the living spotted hyena is ambiguous.
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Dynasties II is a 2022 British nature documentary series commissioned by the BBC and narrated by David Attenborough. [1] It is the sequel to Dynasties (2018) and was announced via a press release on 28 December 2020.