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1 August 2003 AGE ESTIMATION AND DISPERSAL IN THE SPOTTED HYENA (CROCUTA CROCUTA)
Russell C. Van Horn, Teresa L. McElhinny, Kay E. Holekamp
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Abstract

We used observations of known-age, free-ranging spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) from a large social group to develop age-estimation models. A model based on tooth-eruption data estimates the ages of animals 10.0–15.5 (±1.1 SD) months old. We used tooth-wear data to estimate the ages of adult males ±4.9 months and ages of females ±22.6 months. Analysis of known and estimated ages shows that males usually disperse from their natal group when 24–60 months of age. Eight of 20 males whose fates were known lived in 3 groups over time, and at least 7 of 41 resident immigrant males appeared to arrive in the study group years after leaving their birthplaces. Thus, males of this species often engage in multiple dispersal events.

Russell C. Van Horn, Teresa L. McElhinny, and Kay E. Holekamp "AGE ESTIMATION AND DISPERSAL IN THE SPOTTED HYENA (CROCUTA CROCUTA)," Journal of Mammalogy 84(3), 1019-1030, (1 August 2003). https://doi.org/10.1644/BBa-023
Accepted: 1 November 2002; Published: 1 August 2003
KEYWORDS
age estimation
Crocuta crocuta
dispersal
spotted hyenas
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