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Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
-1.61831, 35.2182
Field Notes
Description:
This spotted hyena was found hiding away from the mid-day sun and well camouflaged under a bush in the Masai Mara. Spotted hyenas suffer a bad reputation as cowardly scavengers, but in fact get the majority of their food from hunting.
Habitat:
Savanna, grasslands, woodlands, forest edges, subdeserts and mountains to 13,000 feet. Distribution: occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara with the exception ofthe Congo Basin
Notes:
Spotted hyenas were for a long time a nightmare for taxonomists, being first placed in the genus Canis and then in the Felidae, before the family Hyaenidae was created.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
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