Hyena
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hyena-169-1236248
title:
Hyena
text:
Hyenas or hyaenas are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae. With just four extant species, it is the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora and one of the smallest in the class Mammalia. Despite their low diversity, hyenas are unique and vital components of most African ecosystems. Although phylogenetically closer to felines and viverrids, hyenas are behaviourally and morphologically similar to canids in several elements due to convergent evolution: both hyenas and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of carnivoran mammal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena
date created:
2001-10-09T20:48:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T07:41:18Z
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13
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