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   [ Record 14 of 1907 ]   
MammalMAP:   1009
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1922BD
Observer:   Kennedy David; Photographer Catriona Kennedy
Date of record:   2011-03-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Another vignette of the harshness of survival - These two hyenas had just nicked an impala which had been killed by a female leopard. She ducked away into the bush but the youngster, feeling seriously deprived, hung around at the scene of the kill, watching the hyenas eat his lunch.
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 Hyena Crocuta crocuta
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-1009
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1009 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2011-11-15 19:26:10
Species name:   Crocuta crocuta -- Spotted Hyaena; Spotted Hyena
Species code:   197740

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