Spotted hyena
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Spotted hyenas sometimes bury leftover food in a mud hole.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Spotted hyena
- Scientific name
- Crocuta crocuta
- Japanese name
- ブチハイエナ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Hyaenidae
- Genus
- Crocuta
It lives on the African savanna in groups called clans, in which females are dominant.
Its jaws are strong enough to crush bones, and it can digest almost everything it eats. After it eats bones, its droppings turn white.
It is said to be able to keep running for a long time, and it is a skilled hunter. It eats animals such as wildebeest, zebras and gazelles.
How the Spotted hyena lives
They are generally nocturnal, but can be active during both day and night. They use sight, hearing and smell to detect prey and carrion from afar. During the heat of the day, adults sleep in holes, shallow pools or under bushes.
San Diego ZooUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Total length: 120–180 cm
- Weight
- 55–85 kg
- Lifespan
- about 15–20 years in the wild, about 20–25 years in captivity
- Diet
- Wildebeest, zebras and gazelles
- Range
- African savannas
Where the Spotted hyena has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ブチハイエナ
- 简体中文
- 斑鬣狗
- 繁體中文
- 斑鬣狗
- 한국어
- 점박이하이에나
- Español
- Hiena manchada
- Français
- Hyène tachetée
- Deutsch
- Tüpfelhyäne
- Português (Brasil)
- Hiena-malhada
- Italiano
- Iena maculata
- हिन्दी
- धब्बेदार लकड़बग्घा
- العربية
- ضبع رقطاء
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Dubuk
- Tiếng Việt
- Linh cẩu đốm
- Русский
- Пятнистая гиена
- Türkçe
- Benekli sırtlan
- ไทย
- ไฮยีนาลายจุด
- বাংলা
- চিতল হায়না
- اردو
- دھبے دار لگڑبھگا
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 日本平動物園 — ブチハイエナChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Crocuta crocutaChecked: 2026-11-03
- San Diego Zoo — Spotted HyenaChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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