| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Hyaenidae
- ----- species: Crocuta crocuta
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| Characteristics: | carnivore; height: 70-90 cm; the colour ranges from dull yellow to white, with irregular dark spots;it has a short mane and overall short hair; the animal has a large head with round ears, e strong neck and a sloping back; |
| 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
- AT0712
- Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1316
- Namibian savanna woodlands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 124 |
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