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brown hyena en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A comparatively rare species of hyena, Parahyaena brunnea, endemic to desert and semi-desert areas and open woodland savannahs of southern Africa.
   • The brown hyena has evolved to live in desert systems throughout southern Africa, where it occurs at low densities. 2014, Chris McIntyre, Botswana Safari Guide: Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari, 4th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 428:
   • It is now well established that brown hyenas, at least when rearing cubs, deliberately hunt other carnivores (up to the size of cheetahs, on the Kruger Park evidence) and take them to the breeding dens as food for the cubs. 1981, C. K. Brain, The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy, page 77:
   • Because they are scavengers in a semiarid ecosystem where carrion is often limited, brown hyenas naturally occur in small numbers. 1984, Mark Owens, Delia Owens, Cry of the Kalahari, page 324:

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Translations (14)

af bruin hiëna (Parahyaena brunnea) · fi vaippahyeena (Parahyaena brunnea) · bg кафява хиена (Parahyaena brunnea) · fr hyène brune (Parahyaena brunnea) · nl strandwolf (Parahyaena brunnea) · fi ruskohyeena (Parahyaena brunnea) · ru бу́рая гие́на (Parahyaena brunnea) · pl hiena brunatna (Parahyaena brunnea) · af strandwolf (Parahyaena brunnea) · nl bruine hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) · ru берегова́я гие́на (Parahyaena brunnea) · ro hienă brună (Parahyaena brunnea) · af strandjut (Parahyaena brunnea) · it iena bruna (Parahyaena brunnea)