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Hyena
Any of three species of carnivorous doglike mammals living in Africa and Asia. Hyenas have extremely powerful jaws. They are scavengers, feeding on the remains of animals killed by predators such as lions, although they will also attack and kill live prey. (Genera Hyaena and Crocuta, family Hyaenidae, order Carnivora.)
The species are the striped hyena (H. hyaena) found from Asia Minor to India; the brown hyena (H. brunnea), found in South Africa; and the spotted or laughing hyena (C. crocuta), common south of the Sahara. The aardwolf also belongs to the hyena family.
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