Brown hyaena
The brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea), also called strandwolf,[2] is a species of hyaena. It is found in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe,[3] southern Mozambique and South Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Hyaeninae |
| Genus: | Hyaena |
| Species: | H. brunnea
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| Hyaena brunnea Thunberg, 1820
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It is the rarest species of hyaena.[4] The largest remaining brown hyaena population is in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa.[5]
The total population of brown hayaena is between 4,000 and 10,000 (IUCN). Its conservation status is 'near threatened' in the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wiesel, I.. 'Parahyaena brunnea'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015 (2015)IUCN. p. e.T10276A82344448.
- ↑ Shorter Oxford English dictionary (2007). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 3804. ISBN 978-0199206872.
- ↑ Williams, Samual T.. The impact of land reform on the status of large carnivores in Zimbabwe. PeerJ 4 (14 January 2016). doi:10.7717/peerj.1537.
- ↑ Chapter 4: Rich Man's Table from David MacDonald’s The Velvet Claw BBC books, 1992
- ↑ Holekamp, Kay. Home. IUCN Hyaena Specialist GroupIUCN.