Sub-prime real estate: Native to northern Africa, the Middle East, and India, striped hyenas eke out a life in habitat too difficult to live in for other large predators: semideserts, rocky scrublands, and savannas. Yet hyenas are agile and can run, trot, and walk with ease. This gives hyenas their distinctive walk, making them seem like they're always limping uphill. The most striking feature on the hyena is the legs: the front legs are much longer than the hind legs. The stealthy hyena camouflages well in tall, dry grass.
A mane of long hair grows along the back. Their muzzle, ears, and throat are entirely black, but their coat may be golden yellow, brown, or gray with black stripes on the body and legs. They have a broad head with dark eyes, a thick muzzle, and large, pointed ears. Striped hyenas are a bit smaller than spotted and brown hyenas and are the least studied. They play an important role in their native habitats: cleanup crew!
There are four members of the Hyaenidae family: the striped hyena, the “giggly” spotted hyena, the brown hyena, and the aardwolf (it’s a hyena, not a wolf). Instead, they are so unique that they have a family all their own, Hyaenidae.
No dogs here! Hyenas are not members of the dog or cat families.
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