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    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...
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    comparable in size to the brown hyena. The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) diverged from the striped and brown hyena 10 million years ago. Its direct...
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    instead of Ethiopic characters. The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant...
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    Brown hyenas are distinguished from other species by their long shaggy dark brown coat, pointed ears, and short tail. Their legs are striped brown and...
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    Protelidae. Early on, scientists felt that it was merely mimicking the striped hyena, which subsequently led to the creation of Protelidae. Recent studies...
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    cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea and Crocuta crocuta ultima), also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena, are paleosubspecies of spotted hyena known...
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    Hyena-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of hyenas against dogs. The striped hyena has historically been the most frequently used species....
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    The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk, is a member of the...
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    The side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta) is a canine native to central and southern Africa. Unlike the smaller and related black-backed jackal (Lupulella...
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    to adopt humans as usual prey, including various bears, spotted and striped hyenas, and Komodo dragons.[citation needed] Tigers are recorded to have killed...
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    or leucrotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs. Strabo, who uses the word...
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    Pachycrocuta (redirect from Giant hyena)
    in 2013. The short-faced hyena was usually relegated to the genus Hyaena alongside the modern striped hyena and brown hyena. In 1938, Hungarian paleontologist...
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    Valley Naturalists Society. 7 May 2010. "San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Striped hyena". San Diego Zoo. 7 May 2010. Len McDougall (2004). The Encyclopedia...
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    Central Asia and India wolves may encounter striped hyenas, usually in disputes over carcasses. Striped hyenas feed extensively on wolf-killed carcasses...
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  • square kilometers. It hosts animals including the Indian wolf, leopard, striped hyena, sloth bear, golden jackal, chinkara, and nilgai. Prasad, Rajendra....
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    Environment Day i.e., on 5th June 2024, the new enclosures of Leopard and Striped Hyena were inaugurated by Ravi Ranjan, Regional Chief Conservator of Forests...
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    The striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) is a skunk of the genus Mephitis that occurs across much of North America, including southern Canada, the United...
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    Sanchez, Diego Ibarra (2019-10-30). "Fear and Sport Imperil Lebanon's Striped Hyenas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-14. Paradise...
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  • Diego Ibarra (30 October 2019). "Fear and Sport Imperil Lebanon's Striped Hyenas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 January 2023. "The...
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    descriptions from the period could identify the beast as a young lion, a striped hyena, a large wolf, a large dog, or a wolfdog, though its identity is still...
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    forest of southern India, species preyed upon by leopard, dhole and striped hyena overlapped considerably. The leopard and snow leopard both hunt Himalayan...
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  • Natural Reserves around Lebanon, and other forests in Lebanon. The striped hyena is Lebanon's national animal and is seldom seen, coming out only at...
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    although a few endemic plants grow here. Many species, such as the striped hyena, jackal and honey badger, have died out as a result of hunting, habitat...
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    The spotted hyena is the most carnivorous member of the Hyaenidae. Unlike its brown and striped cousins, the spotted hyena is primarily a predator rather...
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    group mainly comprises the Asiatic lion, Indian leopard, jungle cat, striped hyena, golden jackal, Bengal fox, Indian gray mongoose, ruddy mongoose, and...
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    are killed.: 77–79  Red fox remains are often found in striped hyena dens and striped hyenas may steal red foxes from traps. In Eurasia, red foxes may...
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    not spotted hyenas are the specific hyena species featured in such stories, particularly in West Africa, as both spotted and striped hyenas are often given...
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    Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) Crocuta Spotted hyena (C. crocuta)...
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    a dominance behavior, by moose preparing to attack, and by cats and striped hyena which are fearful or threatened. The process by which the hair is raised...
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    The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), the lone member of the genus Poecilogale, is a small, black and white weasel native to sub-Saharan...
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