Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Crocuta crocuta
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Hyena
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Africa
- Habitat
- Savanna, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Females are bigger than males and lead the clan, and a cub inherits much of its mother's social rank.
- Its jaws and gut handle bones so well that its droppings turn chalky white from the calcium.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q178089 · All animals · All entries