Hyena

A hyena is one of the larger species of canine, though they are closer to felines and viverrids. A carnivorous and scavenger predator, hyenas are native to Africa and Asia. Hyenas tend to form groups called packs, with a single dominant female and several males and young. There were four different type of hyenas: spotted, brown and stripped. Many cultures of Africa and Asia saw the hyena associated with witchcraft, viewing them as symbols of frightening and worthy of contempt.

Adventures with hyenas
A pack of spotted hyenas lived amongst the ruins of the four pyramids at Meroë, Sudan. In 1947, the American archaeologist Indiana Jones and the Russian doctor Gennadi Volodnikov with his Soviet troops came to the site in search of the fourth and final missing piece of the Babylonian Infernal Machine. While exploring the site, the hyena pack attempted to attack Jones, but the pack was no match for Jones' gun, which he used to take out the entire pack.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine