| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Hyaenidae
- ----- species: Hyaena brunnea
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| Characteristics: | carnivore; height: 70-80 cm; the animal is dark brown with a light cloak on the shoulders and neck, the back and neck are covered in long fur; the belly and forehead are lighter coloured; the legs are dark and have light rings; it has large, pointy ears; the forequarters are more strongly developed than the hindquarters, the back is sloping; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1310
- Kaokoveld desert
- AT1315
- Namib desert
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 126 |
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