🐾Striped hyena
The striped hyena is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is the only extant species in the genus Hyaena. It is listed on the IUCN Red List as near-threatened, as the global population is estimated to be under 10,000 mature individuals which continues to experience deliberate and incidental persecution along with a decrease in its prey base such that it may come close to meeting a continuing decline of 10% over the next three generations.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 35 kg
- Body length
- 1.15 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Striped hyena
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass35 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 40 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.15 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass102 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 25 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length9.17 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation91 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 90 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range45 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.17 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l35 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 Striped hyena yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyHyaenidae
- ›genusHyaena
- ›speciesHyaena hyaena
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyHyaenidae
- genusHyaena
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyHyaenidae
- genusHyaena
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