The brown hyena and aardwolf is not known to prey on humans.

The brown hyena's skull is larger than that of the striped hyena.

Hutton also collected the rare long-haired brown hyena in Kenya.

Brown hyenas will cache excess food in shrubs or holes and recover it within 24 hours.

Unlike spotted hyenas, brown hyenas are born with their eyes closed, and open them after eight days.

Their research focused mainly on lions, brown hyenas, jackals and other African carnivores.

Single brown hyenas have been observed charging at and displacing male leopards from kills.

Female brown hyenas are polyestrous and typically produce their first litter when they are two years old.

However leopard was naturally present as was brown hyena and mountain reedbuck.

As they step delicately away, Caroline spots a brown hyena skulking in tall rushes.

Emigration is common in brown hyena clans, particularly among young males, which will join other groups upon reaching adulthood.

For example, groups of spotted hyenas and brown hyenas both demonstrate linear dominance.

Sometimes, brown hyenas will stand their ground and raise their manes while emitting growls.

Brown hyenas possess an anal gland below the base of the tail, which produces a black and white paste.

Brown hyenas have social hierarchy comparable to those of wolves, with an alpha male and alpha female.

It also has a notable population of Black rhinoceros, lion, brown hyena, leopard and cheetah.

The spotted hyena diverged from the striped and brown hyena 10 million years ago.

The European form was similar in appearance to modern populations, but was larger, being comparable in size to the brown hyena.

Unlike aardwolves, female brown hyenas mate with nomadic males or the dominant male member of their own clan.

It has more biodiversity than anywhere else in Namibia, supporting animals such as the gemsbok, springbok, and brown hyena.

Brown hyenas maintain a stable clan hierarchy through ritualized aggressive displays and mock fights.

In January he killed one of them and then, to compound the felony, while I was there he killed a brown hyena.

The nyala antelope and the brown hyena are other members of the mammalian population of the reserve, which totals 60.

In areas where they may overlap, Brown hyenas may rarely be killed by spotted hyenas and lions.

In the Kalahari desert, leopards frequently lose kills to the brown hyena, if the leopard is unable to move the kill into a tree.

Hyaena is a genus comprising two of the living species of hyenas: the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) from western Asia and northern Africa and the brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) from southern Africa.

South Africa's Scavenger Species - Understanding the ecology and ecosystem functioning of scavengers in the North West Province, particularly brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) to increase public appreciation for the value and function of scavengers within ecosystems.