Hyenas! 12 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know, Plus Photo Gallery

Brown hyena front view for hyena facts list and photo gallery

Hyena fact 3: Each hyena species has a distinct social structure.

Brown hyenas live in small family groups, striped hyenas live alone except when they have cubs, and aardwolves live in monogamous pairs. Spotted hyenas live in matriarchal ‘clans’ of up to 90 individuals.

Pictured: Brown hyena

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Rhishja is the founder of Saving Rhinos, which publishes news and information about the illegal trade in rhino horn and rhino conservation issues. She is the Editor of the blogs "Rhino Horn is Not Medicine" and "Project Pangolin", and author of the book "Murder, Myths & Medicine". Check out savingrhinos.org, rhinoconservation.org, and pangolins.org to learn more. When Rhishja is not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, she enjoys rocking out to live music.

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