Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyHyaenidae (Hyaenas)
- GenusCrocuta (Common Hyenas)
- SpeciesCrocuta crocuta (Spotted Hyena)
Closest Relatives at Gorongosa National Park
Lion
Panthera leo
Painted Hunting Dog
Lycaon pictus
African Civet
Civettictis civetta
Slender Mongoose
Galerella sanguinea
Egyptian Mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
Honey Badger
Mellivora capensis
Serval
Leptailurus serval
Marsh Mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Spotted Hyena at Gorongosa National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there