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SPOTTED HYENA   Dispatch #2: Labor of LoveCrocuta crocuta©Joel Sartore
The spotted hyena, also known as the laughing hyena or tiger wolf, is a species of hyena native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated at  10,000 individuals. The species is however experiencing declines outside  of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. The species may have originated in Asia, and once ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene.
The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common  large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its  adaptability and opportunism; it is both an efficient hunter and a  scavenger, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other  animal waste. In functional terms, the spotted hyena makes the most  efficient use of animal matter of all African carnivores. Source
Joel Sartore drives his mobile studio to U.S. zoos to photograph endangered species from around the world.
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SPOTTED HYENA
  Dispatch #2: Labor of Love
Crocuta crocuta
©Joel Sartore

The spotted hyena, also known as the laughing hyena or tiger wolf, is a species of hyena native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated at 10,000 individuals. The species is however experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. The species may have originated in Asia, and once ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene.

The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportunism; it is both an efficient hunter and a scavenger, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. In functional terms, the spotted hyena makes the most efficient use of animal matter of all African carnivores. Source

Joel Sartore drives his mobile studio to U.S. zoos to photograph endangered species from around the world.

Other posts:

Spotted Hyena

Male Lion Portrait

Black or White Rhino - How to tell…

Oh my goodness lookit those noses *bop*

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