Brown Hyena -- Brown Hyaena

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Hyaena brunnea (Brown Hyena Brown Hyaena) is a species of mammals in the family hyaenas. They are native to Ethiopia. They are nocturnal omnivores. Individuals are known to live for 204 months and can grow to 1198.21 mm. They have parental care (female provides care, cooperative breeding, and paternal care). They rely on running to move around.

• URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
• Definition: the female feeds and nurtures offspring
• Attribution: <Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109%2827%29:10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109>

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• URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/CooperativeBreeding
• Definition: The species regularly breeds cooperatively, with nonparents providing care.
• Attribution: <Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109%2827%29:10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109>

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• URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055
• Definition: The act of locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that periodically none of the limbs are touching the ground.

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EOL has data for 66 attributes, including:

• age at eye opening
  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtEyeOpening
  • Definition: Age at which both eyes are fully open after birth.
  • Comment: Add to VT postnatal growth trait ontology
  • Attribution: <Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O''Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA, a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/>
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• fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
• geographic range (size of area)
• home range
  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HomeRange
  • Definition: Size of the area within which everyday activities of individuals or groups (of any type) are typically restricted.
  • Attribution: <Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/>
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