Hyenas Lion King: Are They Really That Different From Lions? The Shocking Truth!

African wildlife foundation's researchers are working to gain an understanding of large carnivores' — including hyenas' — populations, behaviors, movements, and interactions with people to develop. Portrayed as aggressive predators, persistent scavengers, and threats to human life, hyenas are highly misunderstood animals. Learn more about them here.

Hyenas first appeared 22 million years ago and split into two distinct groups - dog-like and bone-crushing hyenas. At one time, over 30 species of hyenas coexisted on earth. Although phylogenetically closer to felines and viverrids, hyenas are behaviourally and morphologically similar to canids in several elements due to convergent evolution: Both hyenas and canines are non-. There are 4 species of hyena all from different genus – the striped hyena, the brown hyena, the spotted hyena, and the aardwolf. They can be found in africa, the middle east and asia and live in savannas,.

There are 4 species of hyena all from different genus – the striped hyena, the brown hyena, the spotted hyena, and the aardwolf. They can be found in africa, the middle east and asia and live in savannas,.