spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

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Subject:	spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
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spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Spotted hyena skull
Date 1838
Source Society for the Difussion of Useful Knowledge Vol.12
Author Frédéric Cuvier.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocuta_crocuta_skull_by_Cuvier.jpg

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.

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