Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), adult and young, at the entrance of the den, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

crocuta crocuta natural reserve natural area savanna adult young family tenderness overview day carnivore diet play masai mara national reserve crocuta speckled hyena crocuta crocuta three quarter shot national park litter offspring least concern iucn lc august nobody nature reserves nature reserve nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas adults smalls juveniles babies youngs juvenile baby youngster families affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses overviews global sight global sights full length days daytime carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals enjoy itself playing enjoying itself played masai mara nature reserve masai mara game reserve maasai mara masai mara speckled hyenas spotted hyena spotted hyenas three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length national parks sensitive natural areas litters offspring least concern species with nobody environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment naturalness area low formation stage of development individual enumeration emotion shot atmosphere ambiance diet pattern species rift valley province kenya east africa africa hyaenidae carnivora mammalia therapsida synapsida vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota hyena carnivoran mammal wild animal animal low risk iucn lr iucn red list of threatened species