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- Hyena abstract "Hyenas or hyaenas (from Greek "ὕαινα" — hýaina)are the animals of the family Hyaenidae /haɪˈɛnɨdiː/ of the feliform suborder of the Carnivora. With only four species, it is the fourth-smallest biological family in the Carnivora, and one of the smallest in the class Mammalia. Despite their low diversity, hyenas are unique and vital components to most African and some Asian ecosystems.Although phylogenetically close to felines and viverrids, hyenas are behaviourally and morphologically similar to canines in several aspects; both hyenas and canines are nonarboreal, cursorial hunters that catch prey with their teeth rather than claws. Both eat food quickly and may store it, and their calloused feet with large, blunt, nonretractable nails are adapted for running and making sharp turns. However, the hyenas' grooming, scent marking, defecating habits, mating, and parental behaviour are consistent with the behaviour of other feliforms. Although long reputed to be cowardly scavengers, hyenas, especially spotted hyenas, kill as much as 95% of the food they eat, and have been known to drive off leopards or lionesses from their kills. Hyenas are primarily nocturnal animals, but may venture from their lairs in the early-morning hours. With the exception of the highly social spotted hyena, hyenas are generally not gregarious animals, though they may live in family groups and congregate at kills.Hyenas first arose in Eurasia during the Miocene period from viverrid-like ancestors, and developed into two distinct branches; the lightly built dog-like hyenas and the robust bone-crushing hyenas. Although the dog-like hyenas thrived 15 million years ago (with one taxon having colonised North America), they died out after a change in climate along with the arrival of canids into Eurasia. Of the dog-like hyena lineage, only the insectivorous aardwolf survived, while the bone-crushing hyenas (whose extant members are the spotted, brown and striped hyenas) became the undisputed top scavengers of Eurasia and Africa.Hyenas feature prominently in the folklore and mythology of human cultures with which they are sympatric. Hyenas are mostly viewed with fear and contempt, as well as beingassociated with witchcraft, as their body parts are used as ingredients in traditional medicine. Among the beliefs held by some cultures, hyenas are thought to influence people’s spirits, rob graves, and steal livestock and children.".
- Hyena class Mammal.
- Hyena kingdom Animal.
- Hyena order Carnivora.
- Hyena order Feliformia.
- Hyena phylum Chordate.
- Hyena synonym "* Protelidae (Flower, 1869)".
- Hyena thumbnail Hyaenidae_range.png?width=300.
- Hyena wikiPageExternalLink www.hyaenidae.org.
- Hyena wikiPageID "13926".
- Hyena wikiPageRevisionID "606192588".
- Hyena classis "Mammalia".
- Hyena familia "Hyaenidae".
- Hyena familiaAuthority "Gray, 1821".
- Hyena fossilRange "Early Miocene-recent".
- Hyena hasPhotoCollection Hyena.
- Hyena imageCaption "All extant species in descending order of size: Spotted hyena, brown hyena, striped hyena and aardwolf".
- Hyena lower "3.1".
- Hyena name "Hyenas".
- Hyena ordo Carnivora.
- Hyena phylum Chordate.
- Hyena rangeMap "Hyaenidae_range.png".
- Hyena regnum Animal.
- Hyena subdivision "* Crocuta - olive overlay * Hyaena - blues * Proteles - magenta red".
- Hyena subdivisionRanks "Living Genera".
- Hyena subordo Feliformia.
- Hyena synonyms "* Protelidae (Flower, 1869)".
- Hyena upper "3.1".
- Hyena subject Category:Hyenas.
- Hyena subject Category:Mammals_of_Africa.
- Hyena subject Category:Mammals_of_Asia.
- Hyena subject Category:Megafauna_of_Africa.
- Hyena subject Category:Megafauna_of_Eurasia.
- Hyena subject Category:Scavengers.
- Hyena type Animal.
- Hyena type Eukaryote.
- Hyena type Mammal.
- Hyena type Species.
- Hyena type Animal.
- Hyena type BiologicalLivingObject.
- Hyena type EukaryoticCell.
- Hyena type Mammal.
- Hyena type Organism.
- Hyena comment "Hyenas or hyaenas (from Greek "ὕαινα" — hýaina)are the animals of the family Hyaenidae /haɪˈɛnɨdiː/ of the feliform suborder of the Carnivora. With only four species, it is the fourth-smallest biological family in the Carnivora, and one of the smallest in the class Mammalia.".
- Hyena label "Hiena".
- Hyena label "Hienowate".
- Hyena label "Hyaenidae".
- Hyena label "Hyaenidae".
- Hyena label "Hyaenidae".
- Hyena label "Hyena".
- Hyena label "Hyena's".
- Hyena label "Hyänen".
- Hyena label "Гиены".
- Hyena label "ضبع".
- Hyena label "ハイエナ".
- Hyena label "鬣狗科".
- Hyena sameAs Hyenovití.
- Hyena sameAs Hyänen.
- Hyena sameAs Ύαινα.
- Hyena sameAs Hyaenidae.
- Hyena sameAs Hiena.
- Hyena sameAs Hyaenidae.
- Hyena sameAs Hiena.
- Hyena sameAs Hyaenidae.
- Hyena sameAs ハイエナ.
- Hyena sameAs 하이에나.
- Hyena sameAs Hyena's.
- Hyena sameAs Hienowate.
- Hyena sameAs Hiena.
- Hyena sameAs m.03m8_.
- Hyena sameAs Q42046.
- Hyena sameAs Q42046.
- Hyena wasDerivedFrom Hyena?oldid=606192588.
- Hyena depiction Hyaenidae_range.png.
- Hyena isPrimaryTopicOf Hyena.
- Hyena name "Hyenas".