🐾Brown Hyaena
棕鬣狗（学名：Parahyaena brunnea）又称褐鬣狗、滩狼、棕土狼，是一种生活在南部非洲荒漠地带的鬣狗，也见于草原和海滩，系棕鬣狗属（Parahyaena）的唯一物种，也有学者将其归入鬣狗属（Hyaena）。外形似犬，站立时肩部高于臀部，其前半身比后半身粗壮，头骨粗壮，头大吻短，耳大且圆。成体身长110－135cm，体重37－55kg。躯干无斑纹，肩背部和两肋具明显深褐色长毛，亦有黑色、棕红色、灰色等不同色调，颈部被毛呈乳白色，四肢外侧有横行的棕黑色与白色相间的条纹。对干旱地区的适应能力极强。食谱广泛，以腐肉为主，兼食各种陆生和水生小型动物、瓜果等。独居或结成小群活动。是较为罕见的物种。
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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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