Two spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in a river feeding on a carcass of an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

syncerus caffer crocuta crocuta river stream adult head horn bone eat overview carnivore diet scavenger tarangire national park crocuta syncerus cape buffalo syncerus caffer speckled hyena crocuta crocuta three quarter shot pair national park carcass food october water surface nobody rivers stream adults heads horns eating feed feeding eaten swallow swallowing swallowed overviews global sight global sights full length carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals scavengers cape buffalos syncerus caffer speckled hyenas spotted hyena spotted hyenas three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length duet pairs duets 2 two national parks sensitive natural areas carcasses food least concern species water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces with nobody body of water freshwater wetland area area stage of development individual general morphology organism morphology zoology skeletal system locomotor system physiological system organ anatomy diet pattern species necrophage tanzania east africa africa hyaenidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota bovidae artiodactyla bovidae even toed ungulate ungulate mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal hyena carnivoran environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment meat food alimentation natural resources use iucn red list of threatened species water matter