Hyena mottled

The hyena mottled ( Crocuta crocuta ) is largest of the Hyène S. It lives mainly in the African Savane.

Description

The hyena mottled is recognizable with its short and round ears and its relatively long forefeet. Its peeling of color sands with black spots differentiates it from the other hyenas. The weight of an hyena mottled varies between 40 and 86 kg and its length can reach the 1,60 meters.

In the hyena mottled ( Crocuta crocuta ), the genitals are very developed, at the point to sometimes make them resemble those of the males. This disproportion is due toa testosterone rate much higher in the females than in the males, the females are taller and more doors that the males. They are also more aggressive.

Behavior

The female dominates the group, which varies from 5 adults, or less, with the small ones, in the desert areas, to 50, or more, in savannas rich in preys. The female has on average 2 small which is born at the end of hundred days from gestation. It raises them without the assistance of the father. When they are old of a few months, the small ones join a common burrow, where they remain until the weaning, at the age of 15 mois.
The company is matriarcale. The females are the dominant individuals, and the hierarchical row is transmitted of mother as a girl.

The hyena mottled emits a large variety of cries and growls to rejoin the group or to locate the small ones. When it is very excited, the hyena mottled emits a cry which resembles a " ricanement".

Drive out

The hyena mottled is a frightening hunter. When they drive out with several, they attack large preys, like zebras or gnous. The hyena mottled gave of food and can consume in a meal up to 14 kg of food.

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