Size comparisons

[GuateGojira]

Hi @"Brehmji". The document is very interesting and open a little window to unknown interaction between predators in the wild. In fact, I am agree with all the document, except in the fact that the Indian wolves are larger than striped hyenas.

Making a rouge comparison with numbers, the Indian striped hyena is slightly longer and significantly heavier than the Indian wolf.

Indian wolf (male): Head-body Av.98 cm (89 - 109; n=4) _ 19 - 24 kg
Striped hyena (male): Head-body Av.104 cm (101 - 111; n=5)  _ 38.6 kg (India) and 26 - 41 kg (Israel).

As we can see, Nayak et al. (2015) don't show any reference for they claim on size. Now, its is clear why wolves are dominant over striped hyenas, and is the fact that the striped ones are mainly scavengers, at difference than the spotted hyena which is a real predator. On the other hand, the wolves are true predators and certainly more aggressive, so here size doesn't matter, but behavior and certainly numbers, as wolf packs has been counted as much as 15 but striped hyenas are rarely more than 5.

@Pantherinae, sorry for the delay on the new spotted hyena image, I had a very busy weekend. I am going to post your image soon. Reply