#brown hyena

[c-rowlesdraws]

this is one of those, "wait, I seriously haven't posted that to tumblr yet?" drawings, lol. I drew this character months ago when I was thinking I might give making adoptables a shot, but even though that project fizzled out, I still like the designs I drew for it.

This brown hyena character was inspired by the Afrikaans name for the species: "strandwolf", or "beach wolf", due to many of them being coastal scavengers. I imagine her as an eccentric seaside hermit, reclusive by choice but still friendly enough to offer a passing traveler a cup of tea or clam soup.

There is so much sand in her fur always.

#gnoll #brown hyena #character design #anthro #furry #appropriate post for gnollvember #my art

[vuelode-irbis]

Fancied a new phone wallpaper

[ID: a digital drawing that features the four members of the Hyaenidae family, from the top to the bottom: striped hyena, brown hyena, aardwolf and spotted hyena. Only their heads are shown peeping out from the left. They're painted with bright, unnatural colors and their eyes are not detailed. The word Hyaenidae is written vertically at the bottom right. End ID]

#irbis draws #art #digital art #animal art #animals #hyena #hyenas #yeen #striped hyena #brown hyena #aardwolf #spotted hyena #animal artist

[rubystims]

brown hyena gifset for anon !! source | source | source | source

#stim #stimmy #satisfying #gifset #gif #animal stim #animal #hyena stim #hyena #brown hyena #drinking #brown #green #orange #ruby gifs

[habbadax]

Why are you upside-down back there?

#Hyenas #Brown hyena

[clover-mouse]

g. grassy gnoll.. (i think he looks soft but is a bit itchy. like summer grass)

#art #ID in alt #d&d #dnd #d&d character #dnd character #gnoll #dnd gnoll #d&d gnoll #brown hyena #anthro hyena #furry #furry art #d&d art #dnd art #colored sketch

[todayontumblr]

#today on tumblr #hyena #animals #spotted hyena #striped hyena #hyena furry #brown hyena #aardwolf #hyena oc #hyena poll

[striped-civet]

Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) cub Camp Kalahari, Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana

Photos [1, 2] © Phil Ellinger

#brown hyena #hyena #hyaenidae

[blogforfauna]

Parahyaena brunnea

Mostly due to habitat loss, brown hyenas are the rarest of the hyena species, with 4-10 thousand individuals in the wild. There are 30-50 thousand wild spotted hyenas, for comparison.

Brown hyenas are also known as strandwolves, which means "beach wolves" in Afrikaans, a language spoken primarily in South Africa. This name was given to them because brown hyenas in coastal areas spend a lot of time walking down beaches in search of food, and maybe to unwind after a long day. Some of the largest brown hyena populations are found in these coastal areas of Southern Africa, but there are also large populations in the Kalahari desert.

Although the name strandwolf suggests it, brown hyenas are not closely related to wolves or other canines. They can resemble canines, but hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs. Their closest relatives are mongooses and civets. The photo below shows an African civet.

Brown hyenas are generally smaller than striped and spotted hyenas, but they can still get pretty big, weighing up to 90 pounds (40.8 kg). This size and their powerful jaws make them seem like formidable predators, but they're pretty bad hunters. They mostly scavenge for food or steal it from more capable hunters like cheetahs, leopards, and jackals. Since they can digest bones, hooves, horns, hair, and skin, they can basically eat every scrap food they find. Brown hyenas often live in groups, but this scavenging is done on their own.

Their clans are much smaller than those of spotted hyenas, and the structure is more similar to a wolf pack; most hyenas in the group are the offspring of the dominant hyenas. Brown hyenas are very social and form close bonds with other hyenas.

I rate the brown hyena 17/10. I like them. They seem a little bit lazy with their poor hunting skills and walks down the beach

Photo credits:

(1) Christophe Jobic (2) Mario Nonaka (3) Yarin Klien (4) Thilo Beck (5) Johan Swanepoel (6) Joel Sartore

#brown hyena #brown hyenas #hyena #hyenas #animals #biology #nature #science #wildlife #zoology #animal #wild #african animals #hyaena #south africa #Africa

[life-on-our-planet]

“A desert specialist and one of Africa’s rarest predators, the brown hyena. This ghost town is her home. Its ruins give her protection from the elements. She has been here for 15 years. She’s already reared nine generations of cubs.” David Attenborough | BBC Earth

#brown hyena #david attenborough #BBC Earth #namib desert #namibia #predator #mammalia #carnivora #carnivore #desert #consider this a mother's day post lol

[vintagewildlife]

Brown hyenas By: W. S. Berridge From: The Book of the Animal Kingdom 1910

#captivity #brown hyena #hyena #carnivore #mammal #1910 #1910s #W. S. Berridge #The Book of the Animal Kingdom (1910)

[c-rowlesdraws]

my inbox and twitter both informed me that not only does International Hyena Day exist, but that it’s today! I couldn’t let this important occasion go by without drawing something, and I finished this just in time with only an hour to spare. Happy special day to these four special creatures. 

(from left to right: brown hyena, striped hyena, spotted hyena, aardwolf)

(it’s also apparently World Tapir Day! Another special animal. But I ran out of drawin’ juice and out of time. I’m so sorry, tapirs. I still love you, I promise)

#hyena day #hyenas #animals #my art #striped hyena #brown hyena #spotted hyena #aardwolf #just four cousins having a nice day together

[devilbunzz]

accidentally unfollowed sending this ask oh my LARD um if ur requests r like furry species i think a brown 🐪hyena would be so awesome theyre my favorite animal. like cybergoth or industrial adjacent maube.. up to u i think anything like that is so cool

#furry #brown hyena #art #my art #devilbunzz art #i actually did a cybergoth hyena like ages ago lol

[snototter]

A brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

by flowcomm

#brown hyena #hyenas #parahyaena brunnea #parahyaena #Hyaenidae #carnivora #mammalia #chordata #wildlife: south africa #wildlife: africa

[sysboxes]

[Text for all boxes: This alter is a hyena.]

Like/Reblog if you save or use!

#userbox #did #did system #system #osdd1 #osdd1 system #hyena #spotted hyena #striped hyena #brown hyena #aardwolf #anti endo #endos dni #mod morpho 🦋

[habbadax]

Happy New Yeens!

#Get it 'cause they're all babies #Hyena #Hyenas #Striped hyena #Spotted hyena #Brown hyena #Aardwolf

[birbbones]

(Parahyaena brunnea) - Brown Hyena (small female)

Compared to my XL pathological Female Spotted Hyena & Aardwolf.

#vulture culture #skulls #my collection #bones #vulture culture uk #taxidermy #animal skull #oddities #animal skulls #dead things #hyena skull #brown hyena #brown hyena skull #hyenas #hyena #Parahyaena brunnea