#parahyaena

[mammalianmammals]

Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), parents with pups, family Hyaenidae, Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana

Photograph by Jack Swynnerton 

#hyena #hyaenidae #parahyaena #animals #nature #africa #mammal

[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

[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

[ingridskogstad]

A commission for Antlered featuring Ghost, a brown hyena! It's my first time drawing this species, and i'm really happy with the result

i also love it when commissioners return with either old or new characters!

#digital art #art #artists on tumblr #animal art #brown hyena #animals #Parahyaena brunnea

[deadbeatbartender]

are you still mad at me for bringing up puck ??

( @pachycrocuta-brevirostris )

yes. i don't need him and his lot on my fuckin' dick.

#orders and requests #parahyaena brunnea

[mutant-distraction]

The brown hyena, also called strandwolf, It is the only extant species in the genus Parahyaena. It is currently the rarest species of hyena,

📷: Christophe Jobic [wildlife]

[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

[antiqueanimals]

Parahyaena brunnea. Struik Pocket Guides for South Africa: Mammals. Written by John Skinner. Illustrated by Penny Meakin. 1988.

Internet Archive

#mammals #hyenas #brown hyenas #Penny Meakin

[crevicedwelling]

hyaenidae ranking? i promise this is the only vertabrae i'll mention

Hyaena: stripes 7/100

Parahyaena: yucky sopping wet depression dog 6/100

Crocuta: fascinating behavior if you like mammals but I don’t, so their only good feature is the funny sounds 7/100

Proteles: fluffy little runt. I would share a bowl of termites with this freak 15/100

#creature rankings

[ghostly-hyaena]

Hyena time!

#WHOOOOP #pick your favorite #tumblr polls #poll #my polls #favorite hyena #favorite #hyena #hyenas #spotted hyena #striped hyena #brown hyena #aardwolf #hyaena #crocuta #animal #animals #african animals #carnivore #mammal #favorite animal #furry #hyena furry #hyenakin #gnoll #werehyena

[iicraft505]

Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea)

@ Jakub

#iicraft505 #animals #brown hyena #hyena #strandwolf

[birbbones]

Brown Hyena Skull

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

[lost-lycaon]

Brown hyena, Parahyaena brunnea.

Also called Strandwolf, the Brown hyena lives a more solitary life than Spotted hyena, in clans of 6 or so individuals, a mating pair and offspring. Most of the remaining 8-10000 Brown Hyenas left are in the southern Kalahari and southwestern Africa near the coast. They are mostly nocturnal and scavenge the bulk of their diet.

#south africa #africa #original photography on tumblr #wildlife photography #brown hyena #hyena #waterberg #carnivore #predator

[deadbeatbartender]

whats with you & puck ?? is there a story there ??? can we know the story ???

no fuck you.

the guys an asshole and hes made some shit fuckin' decisions. had him up my ass for years, got all in my business when he and his girlfriend or whatever broke up.

he's a dick and he should shut up and die already. he's ancient and nobody gives a shit. he makes friends with hellhounds and acts like he's the king of the mutts.

#orders and requests #parahyaena brunnea #(ooc) ough he's mad.......

[hyena-ref-photos]

Brown hyena © josscarr on iNaturalist

Note by OP:

This observation for: brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) Context: A pride of lions (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita) feasting on a fresh zebra (Equus quagga) kill, and being circled by scavenging black-backed jackals (Lupulella mesomelas ssp. mesomelas) and brown hyenas (Parahyaena brunnea) further out.

#brown hyena #1 #queue #facing right #looking right #standing