🐾Brown Hyaena
The brown hyena, also called the strandwolf, is a species of hyena found in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, western Eswatini, and South Africa. It is the only extant species in the genus Parahyaena. It is currently the rarest species of hyena. The largest remaining brown hyena population is located in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa. The global population of brown hyena is estimated by IUCN at a number between 4,000 and 10,000 and its conservation status is marked as near threatened in the IUCN Red List.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 43 kg
- Body length
- 1.28 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 32 years
Everything we know about the Brown Hyaena
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass43 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.28 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass111 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan32 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length8.49 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation94 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range67 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.05 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l43 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Brown Hyaena yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyHyaenidae
- ›genusHyaena
- ›speciesHyaena brunnea
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyHyaenidae
- genusParahyaena
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyHyaenidae
- genusParahyaena
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