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Crocuta crocuta
This spotted hyena was found hiding away from the mid-day sun and well camouflaged under a bush in the Masai Mara. Spotted hyenas suffer a bad reputation as cowardly scavengers, but in fact get the majority of their food from hunting.
Savanna, grasslands, woodlands, forest edges, subdeserts and mountains to 13,000 feet. Distribution: occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara with the exception ofthe Congo Basin
Spotted hyenas were for a long time a nightmare for taxonomists, being first placed in the genus Canis and then in the Felidae, before the family Hyaenidae was created.
Spotted on Aug 28, 2011
Submitted on Oct 18, 2011
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Thank you Satyen!
Lovely.