Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyHyaenidae (Hyaenas)
- GenusCrocuta (Common Hyenas)
- SpeciesCrocuta crocuta (Spotted Hyena)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Lion
Panthera leo
Painted Hunting Dog
Lycaon pictus
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Slender Mongoose
Galerella sanguinea
African Civet
Civettictis civetta
Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
Common Dwarf Mongoose
Helogale parvula
Serval
Leptailurus serval
Honey Badger
Mellivora capensis
African Wildcat
Felis lybica
Bushy-tailed Mongoose
Bdeogale crassicauda
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Hyena in Mana Pools National Park?
About 32% of visitor-days record a Spotted Hyena sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spotted Hyena in Mana Pools National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Hyena in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.