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    • Crocuta crocuta
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    • Spotted Hyena
    • Spotted hyaena

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Recent Observations

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What

Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta

Observer

leslieghana

Date

Dec 28, 2011
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What

Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta

Observer

muir

Date

Sep 13, 2011 07:50 AM EDT

Description

Near-urban hyaena.

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What

Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta

Observer

muir

Date

Sep 2, 2011 06:33 PM EDT

Description

Spotted hyaena being harassed by wild dogs on the move.

Part of this observation of a large wild dog pack.

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Description from Wikipedia

The Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) also known as Laughing Hyena, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which it is the largest extant member. Though the species' prehistoric range included Eurasia extending from Atlantic Europe to China, it now only occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara save for the Congo Basin. Spotted hyenas live in large matriarchal communities called clans, which can consist of up to 80 individuals.