{"id":357234,"date":"2026-03-06T14:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=357234"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:49:58","slug":"striped-hyena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/striped-hyena\/","title":{"rendered":"Striped Hyena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have proposed adding the Striped Hyena to Appendix I and II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ahead of CMS COP15 in Campo Grande.<\/p>\n<h2>About Striped Hyena<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_357247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357247\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-357247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Roundglass-1.jpg?resize=470%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Striped Hyena\" width=\"470\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Roundglass-1.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Roundglass-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C655&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Roundglass-1.jpg?resize=768%2C491&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Roundglass-1.jpg?w=1356&amp;ssl=1 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-357247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Roundglass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Striped Hyena<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of four species in the <\/span><b>Hyaenidae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> family.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other<strong> three species of Hyaenidae family<\/strong> are <\/span><b>Spotted Hyena<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Brown Hyena<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Aardwolf<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They live in <\/span><b>open savannas, grasslands, and scrub woodlands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in arid to semi-arid environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found in <\/span><b>South Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia, and Central Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Physical Features:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their<strong> body are usually grey or brownish-grey<\/strong> with dark stripes and spots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <strong>massive but short body<\/strong> with long legs and a sloping back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <strong>thick neck, heavy head, small eyes,<\/strong> and <strong>very large pointed ears.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <strong>paws have bulky pads with blunt but strong claws.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <strong>long mane running from the head<\/strong> to the base of the tail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their<strong> coat is dense in winter and shorter in summer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are<strong> primarily scavengers<\/strong> and eat mainly carrion and human refuse.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Behaviour:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are generally <\/span><b>solitary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but sometimes lives in <\/span><b>small family groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at dens.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <strong>are territorial and mark their boundaries<\/strong> with scent to warn rival hyenas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation status:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong><b>Near Threatened<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Schedule I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have proposed adding the Striped Hyena to Appendix I and II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ahead of CMS COP15 in Campo Grande. About Striped Hyena Striped Hyena is one of four species in the Hyaenidae family.\u00a0 The other three species of Hyaenidae family&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/striped-hyena\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Striped Hyena<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-357234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}