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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] It is the only extant species in the genus Parahyaena .
The European form was similar in appearance to modern populations, but was larger, being comparable in size to the brown hyena. [10] The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) diverged from the striped and brown hyena 10 million years ago. [11] Its direct ancestor was the Indian Crocuta sivalensis, which lived during the Villafranchian. [12]
Afrikaans; العربية; Asturianu; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Brezhoneg; Cebuano; Čeština; Dansk
The skull of the striped hyena differs from that of the brown [6] and spotted hyena by its smaller size and slightly less massive build. It is nonetheless still powerfully structured and well adapted to anchoring exceptionally strong jaw muscles [ 5 ] which give it enough bite-force to splinter a camel 's thigh bone. [ 26 ]
Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Seven families are extant, with 12 subfamilies, 56 genera, and 114 species in the Feliformia suborder. They range natively across all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Most species are ...
Unlike the fur of the striped and brown hyena, that of the spotted hyena consists of spots rather than stripes and is much shorter, lacking the well defined spinal mane of the former two species. [7] The base colour generally is a pale greyish-brown or yellowish-grey on which an irregular pattern of roundish spots is superimposed on the back ...
Brown bear: 78 Domestic cat: 67 Cheetah: 119 Cougar: 108 Coyote: 88 Dhole: 132 Dingo: 125 African wild dog: 138 Domestic dog: 114 Singing dog: 100 Arctic fox: 97 Cape genet: 48 Gray fox: 80 Red fox: 92 Gray wolf: 136 Brown hyena: 123 Spotted hyena: 124 Jaguar: 134 Jaguarundi: 75 Leopard: 98 Clouded leopard: 137 Lion: 128.1 Northern olingo: 162 ...
The list of organisms by chromosome count describes ploidy or numbers of chromosomes in the cells of various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms.This number, along with the visual appearance of the chromosome, is known as the karyotype, [1] [2] [3] and can be found by looking at the chromosomes through a microscope.