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Striped Hyena

Mammals

The striped hyena ranges across North and East Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, making it the most widely distributed of the hyena species, favoring arid and semi-arid habitats. It is a mostly solitary scavenger, though it will also hunt small prey, and its coat of dark vertical stripes and a long, erectile mane give it a distinctive appearance. It is classified as Near Threatened, declining because of persecution, habitat loss, and a shrinking prey base across much of its range.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Detritivore or Scavenger 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Agricultural or Structural Pest 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Hyaena hyaena 4
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix III 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hyaenidae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Hyaena

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Hyaena hyaena account
Savanna, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Hyaena hyaena account

In Ecosystem

Sahel, Ecosystems
Source Wikipedia: Striped hyena
Serengeti, Ecosystems
Source Wikipedia: Striped hyena
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

South Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Tajikistan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Turkmenistan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Uzbekistan

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Striped Hyena
WikipediaInfobox: status
Quote, Infobox: status
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2. Wikipedia: Striped hyena
Wikipedia
  • Hunting
    Generally though, hyenas were hunted more as pests than sporting quarries.
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A3
  • Article text, habitat sentence
    The striped hyena may dig its own dens, but it also establishes its lairs in caves, rock fissures, erosion channels, and burrows formerly occupied by porcupines, wolves, warthogs, and aardvarks.
  • In Ecosystem: Serengeti, Social and territorial behaviour
    Home ranges in the Serengeti have been recorded to be 44-72 km2 (17-28 sq mi), while one in the Negev was calculated at 61 km2 (24 sq mi).
  • In Ecosystem: Sahel, Distribution and habitat
    The striped hyena's historical range encompassed Africa north of and including the Sahel zone, eastern Africa south into Tanzania, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East up to the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Iraq, the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia), Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (excluding the higher areas of Hindukush), and the Indian subco
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3. GBIF Species API
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4. Wikidata: Hyaena
Wikidata
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
  • Wikidata Q188657 (P225 taxon name)
  • Wikidata Q188657 (P1034 main food source): carrion
    Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): carrion.
  • Child Taxon Of: Hyaenidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Hyaena hyaena account
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • In Biome: Grassland, Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland scrub forest scrub forest
  • In Biome: Savanna, Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland scrub forest scrub forest
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