The spotted hyena, which has a particularly well-developed clitoris, is the only species in which the female urinates, mates and gives birth via the clitoris.

With the exception of the highly social spotted hyena, hyenas are generally not gregarious animals, though they may live in family groups and congregate at kills.

Of the dog-like hyena lineage, only the insectivorous aardwolf survived, while the bone-crushing hyenas ( whose extant members are the spotted, brown and striped hyena ) became the undisputed top scavengers of Eurasia and Africa.

Skeletons of a striped hyena and a spotted hyena, two species of the " bone-crushing " hyenas.

The spotted hyena diverged from the striped and brown hyena 10 million years ago.

A spotted hyena of subfamily Hyaeninae

With the exception of the spotted hyena, hyaenids have striped coats, which they likely inherited from their viverrid ancestors.

Males in most hyena species are larger than females, though the spotted hyena is exceptional, as it is the female of the species that outweighs and dominates the male.

Both species are smaller than the spotted hyena but larger than the aardwolf.

This is twice the strength of a lion and the second strongest of all mammals after the spotted hyena ; this strength adaptation allows the jaguar to pierce turtle shells.

A second was killed by another predator, possibly a spotted hyena.

Leopards must compete for food and shelter with other large predators such as lions, tigers, spotted hyenas, striped hyena, up to 5 species of bear and both African and Asiatic wild dogs.

30, 000 year old spotted hyena painting found in the Chauvet Cave.

In some species such as insects, spiders, many fish, reptiles, birds of prey and certain mammals such as the spotted hyena, and blue whale, the female is larger than the male.

The spotted hyena uses its acute sense of smell to guide it while it hunts nocturnally, while galagos urinate on their hands so they can completely mark their movements.

Pi ends up in a small lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a spotted hyena, an injured zebra, and an orangutan.

Shere Khan appears once again as a villain in Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, where he is voiced by Sherman Howard and accompanied by his sidekick Tabaqui, who in this version is a spotted hyena.

The cheetah, leopard and spotted hyena are a threat only to newborn calves, though spotted hyenas have been recorded killing full grown bulls on rare occasions.

Unlike the genitalia of the spotted hyena, the female reproductive organs of the striped hyena are normal.

The best rule of thumb for detecting corked wine ( provided the eye has not already spotted it ) is to smell the wet end of the cork after pulling it: if it smells of wine, the bottle is probably all right ; ;

The leopard danio, previously known as Danio frankei, is a spotted colour morph of the zebrafish which arose due to a pigment mutation.

The sample is spotted at one corner of a square plate, developed, air-dried, then rotated by 90 ° and usually redeveloped in a second solvent system.

She is later spotted by Tommy Duckworth in late August.

As fossil striped hyenas are absent from the Mediterranean region, it is likely that the species is a relatively late invader to Eurasia, having likely spread outside Africa only after the extinction of spotted hyenas in Asia at the end of the Ice Age.

The strength of their jaws is such that both striped and spotted hyenas have been recorded to kill dogs with a single bite to the neck without breaking the skin.

However, about once a week some character spots the fact that HAL is one letter ahead of IBM, and promptly assumes that Stanley and I were taking a crack at the estimable institution ... As it happened, IBM had given us a good deal of help, so we were quite embarrassed by this, and would have changed the name had we spotted the coincidence.

Which method is faster " by hand " depends on the fraction and the ease with which common factors are spotted.

The upper body is covered in cow tails, the kilt is of spotted cat, genet or civet skin and the shins are decorated with cowtails.

This spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although it is usually larger and of sturdier build and its behavioural and habitat characteristics are closer to those of the tiger.

The black morph is less common than the spotted form but, at about six percent of the population, it is several orders of magnitude above the rate of mutation.

The area that is now Lansing was originally spotted by explorer Hugh Howard in 1790 while canoeing the Grand River.

When Sylvester Stallone spotted Mr. T in this second airing, it is strongly believed that the interview with sports journalist Bryant Gumbel originated his famous line " I don't hate him but ... I pity the fool ", which was worked into the movie Rocky.

It is said that she spotted the baby in the basket and had her handmaiden fetch it for her.

It is named after the Maasai people ( the traditional inhabitants of the area ) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: " Mara ", which is Maa ( Maasai language ) for " spotted ," an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area.

Once prey is spotted it will use it hands to grab it or its renowned capabilities to leap and catch it.

The term " Googie architecture " was coined in 1952 by noted " House and Home " editor Douglas Haskell after he spotted the Lautner-designed Googie's Coffee Shop while driving through Hollywood with renowned architectural photographer Julius Shulman.

Rosburg had started early in the day, and by the time Palmer and Player were on the course -- separated, as they were destined to be for the rest of the weekend, by about half an hour -- they could see on the numerous scoreboards spotted around the course that Rosburg, who ended with a 73, was not having a good day.

On 9 February 1953, Bedlington Grammar School pupil Charlton was spotted playing for East Northumberland schools by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong.

Shortly after 20: 00, a dismasted hulk was spotted drifting in front of Swiftsure and Hallowell initially ordered his men to fire before rescinding the order, concerned for the identity of the strange vessel.

In April 2006, MosNews reported that the chupacabras was spotted in Russia for the first time.

After bringing cookies to a wrap party for the show Of Mice and Men at the Old Globe Theatre, he spotted 16 year-old Genaro Samano Villanueva, who had broken into a Canadian couple's motor-home.

Bites on human digits by a lace monitor ( V. varius ), a Komodo dragon, and a spotted tree monitor ( V. scalaris ) all produced similar effects: rapid swelling, localized disruption of blood clotting, and shooting pain up to the elbow, with some symptoms lasting for several hours.

Dinsdale allegedly spotted the animal on his last day hunting for it, and described the object as reddish with a blotch on its side.

This peacock is leucistic ; selection against leucism and albinism in nature is intense because they are easily spotted by predators or are koinophilia | unsuccessful in competition for mates.

The limited land mass available meant it would be relatively easy for missile sites to be spotted no matter what security measures were taken.

Henkel called McMinn to come in for a reading after he spotted her picture in the Austin American-Statesman.

Back on U-571, attempted repairs fail and the Captain is alerted that survivors from the merchant ship he sank have been spotted in a lifeboat, asking for asylum.

When Sir Cedric explains to him about spotted dick, he mistakes the bangers for the traditional English dessert and replies to Sir Cedric, " Spotted dick?

Grim 31, an AC-130 aircraft providing fire support and reconnaissance for the assault, spotted Harriman's convoy and, due to a failure in its inertial navigation system, believed it was in a position away from friendly forces ( this was due to a problem with the " glint " panels which should have identified the convoy as American ).

For example, " 1P / 1982 U1, 1986 III, 1982i " indicates that for the perihelion in 1986, Halley's Comet was the first period comet known ( designated 1P ) and this apparition was the first seen in " half-month " U ( the first half of November ) in 1982 ( giving 1P / 1982 U1 ); it was the third comet past perihelion in 1986 ( 1986 III ); and it was the ninth comet spotted in 1982 ( provisional designation 1982i ).

Home range requirements for breeding pairs of spotted owls are at least 400 ha ( of old-growth.

In 1902, he spotted an advertisement with a picture of Fay Templeton for a new Joe Weber and Lew Fields musical.

It was while playing for the Wallsend club that he was spotted by Southampton's scout, Jack Hixon, which resulted in Shearer spending his summers training with the club's youth team, a time he would later refer to as " the making of me ".

The International Cat Association recognizes several Bengal colours ( brown, seal lynx point, mink, sepia, silver ) and patterns ( spotted and marbled ) for competition.

As Peter plays a game where he holds an apparently superior hand and intends to sink Ronnie once and for all, Jones is spotted on the commons by one of the players, and soon all the players watch as he tries to make his way across the rain-slickened walk.