Striped Hyena
Occurrence, habitat: Africa (including Sudan, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania and Ethiopia), West-and Central Asia, Azerbaijan, eastern Georgia. Hyenas live in the plains, stony deserts, areas with thickets of mountain heights of up to 2500 m asl

characteristics

No tail length 95-120 cm
Tail length 25-33 cm
Weight 26-42 kg

Coat of variable coloration, light yellow to gray-brown. It has a distinctive dark stripes on the sides of the body and the thighs.

Hunting: Hyenas attack the elderly and the poor smaller mammals, reptiles, insects, birds.

Nutrition: carcass, the remains of the victims abandoned by other predators, vegetables and fruits.

Reproduction: gestation lasts about 90 days, young are born in a number of 2-4, are overgrown ears and are blind.

Development: Feeding breast milk is the second months of age.