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
A striped hyena at Blackbuck National Park, India
Striped hyena in Gir National Park, India
A captive striped hyena at the Delhi Zoo
Hyenas or hyaenas are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae. With just four extant species, it is the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora and one of the smallest in th
Aardwolf, smallest member of the hyena family, skeleton (Museum of Osteology)
Skull of Ictitherium viverrinum, one of the "dog-like" hyenas. American Museum of Natural History
Skeletons of a striped hyena (left) and a spotted hyena (right), two species of the "bone-crushing" hyenas