Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) cubs playing with mother in Kruger National park, South Africa

crocuta crocuta natural area mozambique adult female sit tenderness burrow front shot overview scavenger play botswana swaziland zimbabwe kruger national park look crocuta hyaena speckled hyena crocuta crocuta den curiosity three quarter shot immature biosphere reserve mpumalanga province national park transborder park litter offspring game reserve march month nobody great limpopo transfrontier park nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems adults females seat siting affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses burrows front views front sights front sight front shots front view overviews global sight global sights full length scavengers enjoy itself playing enjoying itself played looked looking speckled hyenas spotted hyena spotted hyenas dens curious curiosities three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length immatures biosphere reserves east transvaal mpumalanga national parks sensitive natural areas transnational park transnational parks transborder parks transfrontier park transfrontier parks litters offspring least concern species wildlife reserve with nobody naturalness area southern africa africa stage of development individual posture emotion animal construction necrophage diet pattern species limpopo province south africa hyaenidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota hyena carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal young environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment family iucn red list of threatened species