brown hyena

noun

1. a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.

Example Sentences

They have their own family, Hyaenidae, comprising four species: the spotted hyena, striped hyena, brown hyena, and the aardwolf, which isn’t a wolf but looks like one.  

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The brown hyena, found in South Africa from the Cape to Mozambique and Senegambia, has a more shaggy fur than the preceding species.

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There is still another “brown hyena,” which differs altogether from this one, and is an inhabitant of the Great Desert.

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