How big does a Brown hyena get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) reaches an average size of 1.2 meter (4′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 17 years, they grow from 693 grams (1.53 lbs) to 43.4 kg (95.68 lbs). A Brown hyena has 2 babies at once. The Brown hyena (genus: Parahyaena) is a member of the family Hyaenidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea), also called strandwolf, is a species of hyena found in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and South Africa. It is currently the rarest species of hyena. The largest remaining brown hyena population is located in the southern Kalahari Desert and coastal areas in Southwest Africa. The global population of brown hyena is estimated by IUCN at a number between 4,000 and 10,000 and its conservation status is marked as near threatened in the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a Brown hyena
We found other animals of the Hyaenidae family:
- Aardwolf with a size of 70.1 cm (2′ 4″)
- Brown hyena with a size of 1.2 meter (4′ 0″)
- Striped hyena with a size of 1.11 meter (3′ 8″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 69.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- Spotted hyena with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
Animals with the same size as a Brown hyena
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brown hyena:
- Mongolian gazelle with a size of 1.24 meter (4′ 1″)
- Nilgiri tahr with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Siberian roe deer with a size of 1.32 meter (4′ 4″)
- Iberian ibex with a size of 1.2 meter (4′ 0″)
- Indian muntjac with a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″)
- Harnessed bushbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Iberian lynx with a size of 96.3 cm (3′ 2″)
- Blackbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Baikal seal with a size of 1.27 meter (4′ 3″)
- Bornean bearded pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Brown hyena
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Brown hyena:
- European snow vole
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat
- Bushpig
- Saharan striped polecat
- Eastern gray squirrel
- Brazilian guinea pig
- Ashy chinchilla rat
- Plateau mouse
- American pika
- Web-footed tenrec
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Brown hyena
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Brown hyena:
- Takin with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Large Indian civet with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Harbour porpoise with an average maximal age of 15 years
- White-nosed saki with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Impala with an average maximal age of 17.75 years
- Jentink’s duiker with an average maximal age of 17.5 years
- European badger with an average maximal age of 16.17 years
- Pygmy sperm whale with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Madagascan fruit bat with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Common vampire bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Brown hyena
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Parahyaena brunnea:
- Red gazelle with a weight of 40 kilos (88.18 lbs)
- Tucuxi with a weight of 42.82 kilos (94.4 lbs)
- Sheep with a weight of 37.47 kilos (82.61 lbs)
- Spinner dolphin with a weight of 50.5 kilos (111.33 lbs)
- Pronghorn with a weight of 47.18 kilos (104.01 lbs)
- Chimpanzee with a weight of 45.03 kilos (99.27 lbs)
- Japanese serow with a weight of 42.6 kilos (93.92 lbs)
- Sumatran orangutan with a weight of 39.7 kilos (87.52 lbs)
- Striped hyena with a weight of 35.09 kilos (77.36 lbs)
- La Plata dolphin with a weight of 40.5 kilos (89.29 lbs)