brown hyena
Americannoun
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The brown hyena, the rarest of all hyena species, is primarily nocturnal and tends to live a solitary life.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
The child sensed the distraction brought by the two new hyenas gave it a chance and it started edging away, but this only renewed the desperate attention of the brown hyena.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2021
Not even of her species—it was a brown hyena.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2021
The brown hyena, found in South Africa from the Cape to Mozambique and Senegambia, has a more shaggy fur than the preceding species.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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