Book Fauna Palaestina 4 Year 2014 By Prof Dr Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf von Jaffa ISBN 978-9950-383-77-7

Men from the Palestinian Village of Jourish have killed a Striped Hyena
(Hyaena hyaena) and cut its head! The men said that this hyena was
living in the area between the Villages of Duma, Qusra and Jourish,
South of Nablus and it killed some sheep in the Village of Duma.
07.02.2013. https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1081305
The Striped Hyena is the smallest of the true hyenas and retains
many primitive viverrid characteristics lost in larger species,
having a smaller and less specialised skull. Though primarily a
scavenger, large specimens have been known to kill their own
prey, and attacks on humans have occurred on rare instances. The
striped hyena is a monogamous animal, with both males and
females assisting one another in raising their cubs. A nocturnal
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