striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena), spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) The Striped and Spotted Hyenas
Date 1830
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Author Robert Huish
Full title The wonders of the animal kingdom : exhibiting delineations of the most distinguished wild animals in the various menageries of this country /
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The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a species of hyaena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
The spotted hyena or laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is a species of hyena, currently classed as the sole member of the genus Crocuta, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Its current distribution is patchy in many places, especially in West Africa. There is a continuous distribution over large areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and the Transvaal Lowveld areas of South Africa.