Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Photo © AindriúH · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
The spotted hyena is, worldwide, the only large carnivore specialised for treeless grassland on plains.
Its current success in woodlands in national parks and game reserves is largely the artificial result of alleviation of the foraging competition with humans that has limited its habitats over evolutionary time.
Robin and the Honey Badger, 22 March 2016
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Photo © Stig Nygaard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Photo © Daniel Fafard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
