spotted hyena in English

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1
a southern African hyena that has a grayish-yellow to reddish coat with irregular dark spots, and a loud laughing call.
Like societies of many other gregarious mammals, social groups of spotted hyenas are structured by linear dominance hierarchies.
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1. Other large carnivores such as the spotted hyena face similar pressures, yet are not declining.

2. The lion has only one real competitor out here as the top predator. And it's a surprising one - the spotted hyena.

3. Efficient communication among individual animals is critical for reliableexchange of information in any society as complex as that of the spotted hyena.

4. The Aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a member of the Hyaenidae family, along with the spotted hyena (Crocuta Crocuta), the brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) and the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)

5. The Canid and hyenid husbandry course is a 3 day class that covers the husbandry of the four large Canids (painted dogs, Mexican wolves, red wolves, maned wolves) and the one hyena species (spotted hyena) managed by the AZA Canid and Hyaneid TAG as SSPs