Although reviewed in multiple publications, there have been only two previous
studies of striped hyenas in Africa: the first was a study by Kruuk (1976) in the Serengeti
and the second by Leakey et al. (1999) in northern Kenya. Outside of the continent,
studies have been conducted in Israel (Macdonald 1978, Bouskila 1984, Ilani 1975,
Kerbis-Peterhans and Horwitz 1992, Skinner and Ilani 1979), India (Davidar 1990), and
in captivity (Rieger 1978, 1979a & 1979b). Because all of these studies were brief and
relatively informal, there is very little information available on the species ecology,
behaviour and social organization, and much of what is available is anecdotal.