cave hyena

English

Noun

cave hyena (plural cave hyenas)

  1. An extinct subspecies of spotted hyena (†Crocuta crocuta spelaea), which lived in Eurasia during the Pleistocene.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 203:
      The cave hyena was widespread and abundant in Europe and north Asia, ranging from Spain to Siberia.
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