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Spotted hyena
Spotted hyena
(Crocuta crocuta)
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Spotted hyena cub
© T.J. Rich / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena cubs resting
© Jurgen & Christine Sohns / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spotted hyena cubs playing
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena infant suckling
© Martin Harvey / www.nhpa.co.uk
Female spotted hyena suckling young
© Jurgen & Christine Sohns / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spotted hyena female with young
© Suzi Eszterhas / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena female carrying infant in mouth
© Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena infant begging for food from female
© Alan Weaving / www.ardea.com
Spotted hyena young at entrance to den
© Steve Turner / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena cubs at den entrance
© Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone / www.osfimages.com
Adult spotted hyena and cub at den entrance
© Carine Schrurs / naturepl.com
Juvenile spotted hyena
© Eliot Lyons / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena
© Martin Withers / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spotted hyena
© Tony Heald / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena
© Mark Hamblin / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena lying on ground
© Alan Weaving / www.ardea.com
Spotted hyena walking
© Richard Du Toit / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena running
© Rob Nunnington / www.osfimages.com
Spoted hyenas killing impala
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena with impala kill
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena feeding on giraffe carcass
© Andrew Forsyth / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spotted hyena eating live wildebeest
© David W. Breed / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena feeding on wildebeest head
© Maurice Tibbles / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyenas at zebra carcass
© Des & Jen Bartlett/SAL / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena carrying buffalo leg
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Spotted hyenas feeding from giraffe carcass
© Rafi Ben-Shahar / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena with flamingo prey
© J & A Scott / www.nhpa.co.uk
Spotted hyenas scavenging from rubbish tip
© W Wisniewski / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Spotted hyena drinking
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena in apeasement, bowing display
© Michael Richards / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena greeting ritual
© T.J. Rich / naturepl.com
Two spotted hyenas greeting each other
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena displaying submissive behaviour
© Rafi Ben-Shahar / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena reproductive organs
© Joe Blossom/SAL / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena courtship behaviour
© Peter Blackwell / naturepl.com
Spotted hyenas mating
© Andy Rouse / www.nhpa.co.uk
Spotted hyenas fighting
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
African wild dogs attacking female spotted hyena
© Christophe Courteau / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena pack taunting lion
© T. Andrewartha / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena yawning
© Constantinos Petrinos / naturepl.com
Spotted hyena urinating
© M. Watson / www.ardea.com
Spotted hyena bathing in water, shaking
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena at den entrance
© Steve Turner / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena lying on ground
© David W. Breed / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena in scrub
© Mark Hamblin / www.osfimages.com
Spotted hyena with cubs at den site
© Bob Campbell / www.osfimages.com
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