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Excerpted from the illustrated book Animals of Africa.
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Hyenas (Animals of Africa) The truth about the hyena began to emerge in the 1970s out of the observations of such pioneers in animal behavior studies as Jane Goodall, Hugo Van Lawick, George B. Schaller, and Hans Kruuk. What they saw dispelled the basic...Anatomy, behavior and taxonomy of hyenas, from the Animal Diversity Web on the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology site. Has links to pages for each individual species of hyaenid.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umic...ammalia/carnivora/hyaenidae.html
Article on the "masculinized" female spotted hyena, and how this strange anatomy both helps and hinders her ability to raise cubs.
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FEMALE HYENAS AND MALE HORMONES, A STRANGE COMBINATION Aggression pays off for female spotted hyenas the most masculinized females in the animal kingdom but only if they must survive their first experience with a strange and often fatal birthing process, report researchers at UC Berkeley. Up to 10...Digital Morphology account of the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, featuring CT-generated animations of the skull and commentary by Dr. Pamela Owen.
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Digimorph Crocuta crocuta (spotted hyena) Crocuta is a social carnivoran, for it is organized into matrilineal clans that are comprised of 8 to 80 individuals. Crocuta is an active hunter, not simply a scavenger. Its diet is dominated by medium-sized ungulates such as wildebeest and...Information about appearance, tracks, dung, and behavior.
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Spotted Hayena Crocuta crocuta Green when fresh but turns white with age due to high bone content Deposited in middens Description A large carnivore resembling a large, heavily built dog with a sloping back. Coat background is cream to light brown with irregular dark...A webring devoted to consolidating web information about hyenas.
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=hyena
Information, art, and other things concerning Pallas' cats and striped hyenas.
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StripedHyena.com BACK...Description, taxonomy and a little evolutionary history of the hyena family. Links lead to individual pages for the three living genera of hyenas.
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/w...rnivora/carnivora.hyaenidae.html
Physical appearance, distribution, behavior, diet, and breeding of this species. Includes a photo.
http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/striped_hyena.asp
General information about this family and facts on the Spotted Hyena.
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Hyena These pages are dedicated to the Hyena family, especially the Spotted Hyena Note: spelling of Hyena differs from country to country from dictionary to dictionary. The treatment and hatred for these animals are usually due to a lack of knowledge....Facts and photos of spotted and brown hyenas, and aardwolves. Also features information about evolution and folklore.
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The Hyena Pages Main Page Script turned on to see the styleswitcher buttons Hey why is this page so ugly Looking for a Web designer? Check out my [resume] and some [samples] of my work. Why a Web site for hyenas? Wolves have plenty of...