Brown hyaena

The brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea), also called strandwolf,^[2] is a species of hyaena. It is found in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe,^[3] southern Mozambique and South Africa.

Brown hyaena Temporal range: Pliocene – Recent
At the Gemsbok National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Genus:	Hyaena
Species:	H. brunnea
Binomial name
Hyaena brunnea Thunberg, 1820
Geographic range
Synonyms
Parahyena brunnea (Thunberg, 1820)

It is the rarest species of hyaena.^[4] The largest remaining brown hyaena population is in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa.^[5]

The total population of brown hayaena is between 4,000 and 10,000 (IUCN). Its conservation status is 'near threatened' in the IUCN Red List.^[1]