CAVE HYENA
Cave Hyena also known as the ice age spotted hyena or in the scientific world is called Crocuta Crocuta spelae they live from the pleistocene-modern years from 2million yeras to around 10,000 years ago in the plains of Eurasia 🌏.
The cave hyena is so closely related to todays spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) from Africa that it is actually considered a sub species to this genus. Some however have still raised the notion about whether remains named as cave hyena should be classed as a distinct sub group, although the majority of palaeontologists agree that they are different enough to keep them separated. This difference is seen in the longer femur (thigh bone) and humerus (upper foreleg bone) of the cave hyena, something that is seen as an adaptation for more efficient locomotion.
They mostly feed on wild horses like Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) and huge woolly rhinoceroses like cloedonta. Both of these animals were abundant upon the open plains of Pleistocene Eurasia, and their increased presence of remains in cave hyena dens strongly suggests that these animals were actively preyed upon by cave hyena and one of the rivals of the cave hyena is the neatherlands and cave bears they fight for resources like caves and food but what usually give the cave hyena the edge over most predator is that they move in packs.
There is also evidence and theories to suggest that cave hyena were responsible for preventing early humans from crossing the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia into North America. The earliest known remains of humans in Alaska date back towards the end of the Pleistocene when the cave hyena had pretty much vanished from the landscape. When the cave hyena vanished off early Hans moved into modern Russia.
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As powerful or as formidable these creature is it cannot take against climate change during the end of the pliestocene the Eurasian grass land was be turned into forest due to climate change causing them to have a decline in foods and increase in competition like the wolves which mostly hunt in the forest started moving towards the newly forested area causing an increase in competition and loss or decline of prey this were the larger physical size of the cave hyena began to count against it as a larger body requires a greater intake of food. As soon as the cave hyena was living just below the bare minimum level of food required to survive their fate was already decided.
They is no much of what we know about cave hyena but we also know they are spotted because of caves painting by our ancestors.
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