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Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) (6472940707)🐾

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SpeciesCarnivoraHyaenidae
Carnivores

🐾Brown Hyaena

Parahyaena brunnea (Thunberg, 1820)

Hiena brunatna (Parahyaena brunnea) – gatunek drapieżnego ssaka z podrodziny hien (Hyaeninae) w obrębie rodziny hienowatych (Hyaenidae).

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≈ half your weight
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Everything we know about the Brown Hyaena

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
43 kg
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Body length
1.28 m
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Brain mass
111 g
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Maximum lifespan
32 years
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Generation length
8.49 years
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Age at maturity
2.2 years
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Gestation
94 days
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Litter size
about 2
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Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
67 km²
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Population density
0.05 per km²
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Volume l
43 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyHyaenidae
  6. ›genusHyaena
  7. ›speciesHyaena brunnea
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyHyaenidae
  4. genusParahyaena
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderFeliformia
  13. familyHyaenidae
  14. genusParahyaena
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Closest relative on this site
🐾 Aardwolf — last shared an ancestor ≈ 4.6 million years ago.
What it eats
carrion70%
insects and other invertebrates10%
warm-blooded animals10%
fruit10%
In other languages
Schabrackenhyäne (de), Parahyaena brunnea (it), Parahyaena brunnea (es), Hyène brune (fr), кафява хиена (bg), Бурая гиена (ru) … and 26 more languages
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