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Hyena

Hyenas or hyaenas (/haɪˈiːnəz/ hi-EE-nəz; from Ancient Greek ὕαινα, hýaina) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae (/haɪˈɛnɪdiː/ .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox…

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Relationships with humans

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Genera of the Hyaenidae (extinct and recent)

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Hyena

Nodes228
Edges227
Triples257
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Genera of the Hyaenidae (extinct and recent) · 76
Hyena → Adcrocuta, Africa, Ailuriaena, Anomalopithecus, Asia, AsiaParahyaena, Bell's, Bell's Classification, Chasmaporthetes, Crocotta, Crocuta, Early Miocene, Early Pleistocene, Early Pliocene, Eucrocuta, Euhyaena, Eurasia, Europe, Euryboas, Family HyaenidaeSubfamily Incertae
related to General and cited references · 56
Hyena → Archived, Björn, British India, British Museum, California Press, Carnivora, Carnivores, David, Donovan Reginald, Europe, Fauna, Francis, Gus, Hans, Heptner, Heribert, Hofer, Hyaenas, Hyena Nights, ISBN
related to Folklore, mythology and literature · 22
Hyena → African, Beng, Bouda, Côte, In, In East Africa, In Tanzania, In West African, It, Ivoire, Kujamaat, Mansôa, Mtwara Region, Muslims, Senegal, Spotted, Tabwa, Tanzania, The Kaguru, These
related to Further reading · 21
Hyena → Boston, Comparative Behavioral Ecology, Enigmatic Animal, Funk, Goodall, GRIN Verlag, Holdger, Houghton Mifflin Company, Hugo, Hyaena, Innocent Killers, ISBN, Jane, Kalahari Hyenas, Lawick, Localisation, Mills, Naming, On, The Blackburn Press
related to Attacks on humans · 12
Hyena → Africa, Alaska, Alaskan, Among, Bering Strait, Crocuta, Hyenas, On, Ordinarily, Siberia, Some, The
related to Bone-crushing hyenas · 12
Hyena → Borophaginae, By, Crocuta, Eurasia, Mid-Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene, North America, One, Pachycrocuta, Percrocutidae, Starting, The
related to Rise and fall of the dog-like hyenas · 11
Hyena → Bering, Chasmaporthetes, Eurasia, Ictitherium, Miocene, Most, North America, One, Plioviverrops, The, Unlike
related to Build · 10
Hyena → Also, Hyenas, Labiolingually, Like, Males, Most, Tasmanian, The, Their, With
related to Origins · 10
Hyena → Africa, African, Although, Eurasia, Hyenas, Miocene Eurasia, North America, Of, Plioviverrops, The
related to Behavior · 9
Hyena → Carnivora, Hyenas, In, Instead, Mating, Spotted, The, They, When

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hyenas spotted striped species africa brown aardwolf canids crocuta though people one extant hyaena pachycrocuta family eurasia pleistocene europe dog-like

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Hyenais aexception0.90text
Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansOrdinarily0.60section
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Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansAmong0.60section
Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansHyenas0.60section
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Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansCrocuta0.60section
Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansSiberia0.60section
Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansAlaska0.60section
Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansAfrica0.60section
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Hyenarelated to Attacks on humansAlaskan0.60section

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