Spotted Hyena

Habitat: Savannah, grassland, scrub, and open woodland with prey access and den sites.

Native range: Sub-Saharan Africa in regional strongholds and scattered populations.

Antelope, zebra, wildebeest, small animals, carrion, and bones support Bone Economy because the hyena can use almost the whole resource. The diet proves that value remains after others stop.

Spotted Hyenas are mostly nocturnal or crepuscular, though active by day in some areas. Their rhythm is listen, travel, hunt, call, feed, and return to the den.

Spotted Hyenas can live for many years, and Bone Economy strengthens through social learning, rank, territory, and knowledge of food routes.

Females give birth in dens, nurse cubs for a long time, and raise them within clan politics. Offspring fit the principle because survival depends on both nourishment and social rank.

Females are usually larger and socially dominant, with unusual reproductive anatomy. The sex difference is central because power and care are strongly organized through females.

Spotted Hyena most often symbolizes bone economy in AnimalDex because its real survival behavior repeatedly shows this pattern.

Resourcefulness turns what remains into real nourishment.

Spotted Hyenas have powerful jaws and digestive systems capable of processing bone, and they hunt and scavenge in complex social clans.