Talk:Striped hyena

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Actually, the binomial name attribution is wrong. Linnaeus named the striped hyena "canis hyaena"; later (until at least 1976), the generally accepted named was "hyaena vulgaris", and only after that was it changed to "hyaena hyaena". I'll try to find out when the current name was adopted exactly and who was responsible for it. -- Schnee 16:43, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Scientific name
I also read it labeled as "Hyaena Striata" on a google search.

striped hyena never attack on human. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hyaena_hyaena.html

spotted hyena had been recorded attacking and killing humans. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Crocuta_crocuta.html

Picture
I think a better picture could be used,the picture is out of focus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dirrtypittie (talk • contribs) 14:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Update to match MSW3
I will be updating all of the hyena aritcles to match the following taxonomy from Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005):


 * Family Hyaenidae
 * Genus Crocuta
 * Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
 * Genus Hyaena
 * Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea)
 * Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
 * Genus Proteles
 * Aardwolf (Proteles cristata)

If you need to discuss this, pleae contact me on my talk page. If no one objects, I will proceed in 48 hours. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I copied that to hyaenidae and answered there.--Altaileopard (talk) 20:11, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Middle and Central what?
"The Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a species of true hyena native to North and East Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, Middle and Central and the Indian Subcontinent." Do you mean Middle and Central Asia, by any chance? Rosekelleher (talk) 20:56, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hyena population in the UAE - affected by a conservation effort on Sir Bani Yas?
In the UAE, Sir Bani Yas is home to several thousand animals as part of a conservation effort. This includes some hyenas, of which I have footage. The hyenas were imported from outside of the UAE, as I was told when I consulted the workers there. Currently the population of hyenas in the UAE is listed as 0 - would the hyenas of this island count, making the population 0<? How could I go about changing the current data on this page and citing an appropriate source for this? --Novelyst (talk) 15:03, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Hyena as food
For God's sake, who made this claim? I know a lot about this area and have never heard of people eating hyena, not even Bedouins. Sakiv (talk) 19:50, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The fact that you asked "who made this claim" shows you didn't even check the reference, and you never hearing of this doesn't detract from the source's validity. Mariomassone (talk) 13:17, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * See: https://web.archive.org/web/20110812023848/https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications/afs/pdf/a1246.pdf Mariomassone (talk) 13:20, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * As far as I know the Bedouins of Arabia are Muslim, and in Islam eating wild animals is forbidden, let alone predators like hyena. Be civil and don't detract from the main topic we are discussing.--Sakiv (talk) 13:32, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * The source cited within the source provided in the article: The hyaena in Islam is not reckoned as one of the carnivorous animals which may not be eaten, and its flesh continued to be sold in the booths between Ṣafā and Marwa (Damîrî ii. 90). The Bedouins still eat it, but, so far as I have been able to learn, rather as medicine rather than as food . In the Sinai peninsula, according to a MS. note of the late Prof. Palmer, all but one paw is forbidden food. (Smith, W. R., Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia, 1885, pp. 198-199) Mariomassone (talk) 15:00, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Further source within article: Numerous sources mentioned the eating of hyenas by modern Egyptian peasants. Others known to eat them are certain Arabian Bedouins (Doughty, 1888), Palestinian laborers (Zeuner, 1963), Sinai Bedouins (Murray, 1935), and Tuaregs (Ihote, 1946). [...] The flesh was sold in the markets, and Ulema, or religious leaders, were the chief buyers. (Osborn, D.. J.; Helmy, I., The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai), 1980, p. 231) Mariomassone (talk) 15:33, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You have to correct the sentence so that it does not appear that all Arabs eat hyenas; Most of the hadiths that are claimed to permit hyena meat are not strong, and the most correct opinion is that it is forbidden . Otherwise there will be no solution for this debate. Sakiv (talk) 15:21, 16 October 2022 (UTC)