Foraging and Food
Striped hyenas have been reported to consume a wide variety of vertebrates,
invertebrates, vegetables, fruit, and human originated organic wastes (Flower 1932,
Novikov 1962, Harrison 1968, Ilani 1975, Kruuk 1976, Macdonald 1978, Leakey 1999)
and this limited data has led to the interpretation that striped hyenas are essentially
omnivorous scavenger.