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MammalMAP:   14304
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431CD
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2012-11-03
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Mother and two pups at den site. Note in third picture the Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Broadleysaurus major emerging from a hole in the rocks right by the mother hyaena's head. We observed this close and apparently amicable relationship on a couple of occasions.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   197740
Species name:   Crocuta crocuta
Common name:   Spotted Hyaena -- Spotted Hyena
Family:   Hyaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-14304
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 14304 - photo: 1
VM-number: 14304 - photo: 2
VM-number: 14304 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Lategan
Comment:  
Date:   2015-06-24 15:43:58
Species name:   Crocuta crocuta -- Spotted Hyaena; Spotted Hyena
Species code:   197740

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