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brown hyena
noun
- a hyena, Hyaena brunnea, of southern Africa, having a blackish-gray coat: its dwindling population is now protected.
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They have their own family, Hyaenidae, comprising four species: the spotted hyena, striped hyena, brown hyena, and the aardwolf, which isnât a wolf but looks like one. Â
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The brown hyena, found in South Africa from the Cape to Mozambique and Senegambia, has a more shaggy fur than the preceding species.
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There is still another âbrown hyena,â which differs altogether from this one, and is an inhabitant of the Great Desert.
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