Brown hyena: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown hyena lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Parahyaena brunnea
Group	Hyenas & aardwolf
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa
Diet (main food)	carrion
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Hyaenidae

Where does the brown hyena live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown hyena in 3 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a brown hyena eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the brown hyena as: carrion.

Is the brown hyena endangered?

The brown hyena’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown hyena?

The brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Hyaenidae, genus Parahyaena. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown hyena

The brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), also called the strandwolf, is a species of hyena found in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, western Eswatini, and South Africa. It is the only extant species in the genus Parahyaena. It is currently the rarest species of hyena. The largest remaining brown hyena population is located in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa. The global population of brown hyena is estimated by IUCN at a number between 4,000 and 10,000 and its conservation status is marked as near threatened in the IUCN Red List.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown hyena (revision 1378948663), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28157482 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).