Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyHyaenidae (Hyaenas)
- GenusCrocuta (Common Hyenas)
- SpeciesCrocuta crocuta (Spotted Hyena)
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Aardwolf
Proteles cristata
Brown Hyaena
Hyaena brunnea
Lion
Panthera leo
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Painted Hunting Dog
Lycaon pictus
Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Common Dwarf Mongoose
Helogale parvula
Slender Mongoose
Galerella sanguinea
Honey Badger
Mellivora capensis
African Civet
Civettictis civetta
Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis
📅 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 Moremi Game Reserve?
About 44% of visitor-days record a Spotted Hyena sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 72 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spotted Hyena in Moremi Game Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Hyena in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.