African Spotted Hyena

The Hyena is a dog like animal with a sturdy build, high shoulders, and long muscular limbs. The hyena has a large head, broad, rounded ears. It's coat is rough, comparatively short and is reddish brown or tan in color growing lighter when getting older. The tail and nose are black. The spotted hyena has the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom. Of the three species of hyena in Africa, only the spotted hyena is shy and rare, striped hyena are found in East Africa. They stand 28 to 35 inces high at the shoulder,and weigh 90 to 190 pounds.Spotted hyena are cunning and resourceful. Although usually considered scavengers (they pick over kills made by larger preditors)), they also hunt and kill a variety of prey. The hyena eats vertebrates of all kinds, especially hoofed mammals, it seldom eats invertebrates, fruits, or vegetables. Utilizes carcasses of large vertebrates more efficiently than other carnivores. Eats everything but rumen contents and horn bosses of the biggest antelopes, even deriving nourishment from mummified carcasses. Bones, horns, hooves, even teeth are digested completely within 24 hours. The spotted hyena livs in Savannas, grasslands, woodlands, forest edges, subdeserts and mountains to 13,000 feet. The hyena is the most abundant large carnivore in areas where antelopes and zebras are found in masses. Information taken from: South African Wildlife
The picture is from: AFW Wildlife