The brown hyena is a shaggy-coated scavenger of the deserts, savannas, and coastal areas of southern Africa, including the Namib and Kalahari deserts. It lives in small clans but forages alone over large territories, relying mainly on scavenged carcasses supplemented by fruit, insects, and small prey, and it holds one of the largest home ranges of any social carnivore. It is classified as Near Threatened, with persecution by farmers and habitat loss as the main pressures.
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Classification
DietDetritivore or Scavenger 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
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Source Brown Hyena (Wikidata)
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Source Wikipedia: Brown hyena
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Brown hyena
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The largest remaining brown hyena population is located in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa.
Threats and conservation status
Brown hyena body parts are also occasionally used for traditional medicines and rituals.
system (entity description states it plainly, diet)
The brown hyena is a shaggy-coated scavenger of the deserts, savannas, and coastal areas of southern Africa, including the Namib and Kalahari deserts.
Description
The global population of brown hyena is estimated by IUCN at a number between 4,000 and 10,000 and its conservation status is marked as near threatened in the IUCN Red List.
In Ecosystem: Kalahari Desert, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 347488, target E266736
The largest remaining brown hyena population is located in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa.
View the Source2. Brown Hyena (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q28157482 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
- Child Taxon Of: Hyaenidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Desert, Introduction
View the Source 3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Hyaena brunnea
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 10953Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 10953
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