Striped hyena
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The striped hyena is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is the only extant species in the genus Hyaena. It
Striped hyena in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 07
A striped hyena at Blackbuck National Park, India
Striped hyena in Gir National Park, India
A captive striped hyena at the Delhi Zoo
Aardwolf
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The aardwolf is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means 'earth-wolf' in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called the maanhaarjakkals, termite-eating hyena an
Striped hyena
…order to fatten them up for food, though archaeologist Burchard Brentjes argued that the depicted animals represent an extinct population of Egyptian aardwolves. European writers in the 19th and early 20th centuries recorded that striped hyenas were eaten by some Egyptian peasants, Arabian Bedouins, Palestinian…
Aardwolf, Buffalo Springs National Park, Kenya 1
Dorsal and ventral aspect of skull
Skeleton
Aardwolf with tongue exposed. Note the prominent papillae.