Brown Hyena - Hyaena brunnea

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Brown Hyena - Hyaena brunnea
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HerpestidaeB4Cat	Feb 11 2016, 01:02 PM Post #16
Herbivore Posts: 508 Group: Members Member #3,795 Joined: Jan 4, 2016	so let me get this straight brown hyenas do actually form packs unlike striped but they wont like go hunting together and get each others backs to help steal food from larger carnivors ...they only get each others backs to protect the cubs ? in other words they arent as organized as spotted hyenas but more organized than striped do spotted hyenas steal prey and kill brown hyenas and striped hyenas the same way lions and tigers kill cheetahs ,leopards and carcaral? okay so spotted .. what if there is a striped hyena spotted and a brown and there is dead prey or food ? dont they ever get confused ..all this is just by the color of their fur and the scent .. wow its almost like freaking humans caucasian , black , orential the more i study about hyenas and different species the more confused i get all i know is the aardwolf stands out from the rest Edited by HerpestidaeB4Cat, Feb 11 2016, 01:22 PM.



maker	Feb 11 2016, 03:04 PM Post #17
Apex Predator Posts: 3,537 Group: Members Member #2,829 Joined: Sep 29, 2014	pastepotpete Feb 11 2016, 01:02 PM what if there is a striped hyena spotted and a brown and there is dead prey or food ? don't they ever get confused all this is just by the color of their fur and the scent wow its almost like freaking humans caucasian , black , orential the more i study about hyenas and different species the more confused i get all i know is the aardwolf stands out from the rest You just answered your own question, they tell by the animals' scent. For example a Labrador will immediately tell that another dog of the same breed is not familiar to it, and this is for the same breed and species. The hyenas are completely different species (different genus as well for spotted), it's ridiculous to compare them with dog breeds or human races.



Ceratodromeus	Feb 11 2016, 03:14 PM Post #18
Aspiring herpetologist Posts: 7,449 Group: Members Member #2,105 Joined: Jan 21, 2014	Quote: so let me get this straight brown hyenas do actually form packs unlike striped but they wont like go hunting together and get each others backs to help steal food from larger carnivors ... They are basically solitary foragers, but have been observed cooperatively bring down big game on the rare occasion (see my screen shot of Pienaar 1969 for more on this). Quote: they only get each others backs to protect the cubs ? They den communally, yes. Quote: in other words they arent as organized as spotted hyenas but more organized than striped I'm fairly certain striped hyenas will communally den as well, so i'm not sure that they (brown hyenas) are more organized then the striped variety. Quote: do spotted hyenas steal prey and kill brown hyenas and striped hyenas the same way lions and tigers kill cheetahs ,leopards and carcaral? I would say yes they do kill them when they come across them, especially young. And yes they've been known to usurp the carcasses claimed by browns. The spotted hyenas tend to be more dominate over the browns where there's sympatry; though on the odd occasion you wll get a brown who is bold enough to feed from a spotted hyena's kill, or stand their ground against multiple spotteds. Here are some interesting observations from the book Hyena nights & Kalahari days fascinating stuff.. Quote: okay so spotted .. what if there is a striped hyena spotted and a brown and there is dead prey or food ? dont they ever get confused ..all this is just by the color of their fur and the scent .. wow its almost like freaking humans caucasian , black , orential They do recognize they are not the same species, one on one on one they would probably would be rather cautious of one another; though the spotted being larger will likely be the one asserting dominance over the others if hypothetically they came face to face over a carcass Edited by Ceratodromeus, Feb 11 2016, 03:19 PM.



Ceratodromeus	Mar 29 2016, 02:36 AM Post #19
Aspiring herpetologist Posts: 7,449 Group: Members Member #2,105 Joined: Jan 21, 2014	Just a neat photo of a brown hyena pulling a zebra carcass



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