Hyaena striata = striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)

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Subject:	Hyaena striata = striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
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Hyaena striata = striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856); Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (1759–1849)
Date between 1818 and 1842
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des mammifères, pl. 56
Old Latin name Hyaena striata
New Latin name Hyaena hyaena
Common name Nederlands: Gestreepte hyena
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AZoology_of_Egypt_%281898%29_Hyaena_hyaena.jpg

The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is the only extant species in the genus Hyaena. The striped hyena is a primarily nocturnal animal, which typically only leaves its den at the onset of total darkness, returning before sunrise. Striped hyenas typically live alone or in pairs.

Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Hyaenidae
Subfamily: Hyaeninae
Genus: Hyaena
Species: Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
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