斑鬣狗 (Crocuta crocuta) 又被称为笑鬣狗，原生于撒哈拉以南非洲。斑鬣狗是能于大多数环境中生活的广食性掠食者，但并未出没于雨林或沙漠地区。它们独特的外观特征包括强壮的前肢、肌肉发达的颈部，以及相对较瘦弱的后肢。斑鬣狗有宽大的头部和口鼻部，黄棕色毛皮上有黑色斑点，颈部到背部中段则有鬃毛。
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Animal Facts
The spotted hyena's 'laugh' is a distress call that a hyena gives when it is being chased or attacked. Despite popular perception, spotted hyenas are formidable predators, not scavengers.
Hyenas are the only members of the order 'Carnivora' that give birth to young with open eyes and fully developed teeth.
Females are larger than males and dominate in spotted hyena society, they are hyper-masculinised; their external reproductive parts look male.
Spotted hyenas are extremely intelligent; their group cooperation and skill learning abilities are on par with chimpanzees.
Spotted hyenas have an extremely strong bite that allows them to routinely crush bone; their bite is stronger than a lion's. They can be very dangerous, in Malawi, in 1962, a pair of spotted hyenas killed 27 people.