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.
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Brown hyena
Synonyms for "brown hyena" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
hyaena brunnea
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Noun(1 words)
parahyaena brunnea
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Noun(1 words)
strand wolf
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Because they are scavengers in a semiarid ecosystem where carrion is often limited, brown hyenas naturally occur in small numbers.
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The brown hyena has evolved to live in desert systems throughout southern Africa, where it occurs at low densities.
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