Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta, Erxleben) are large opportunistic apex carnivores able to hunt large-bodied prey several times their own weight (Kruuk, 1972). Multiple studies have determined carnivore-prey relationships across various biomes, leading to a general knowledge of spotted hyaena feeding ecology (Cusack et al., 2017). Their feeding relationships with both medium and large prey can influence population and spatial distributions through interactions within their geographical area (M'soka et al., 2016;Owen-Smith & Mills, 2008). Studies have found that spotted hyaenas tend to persist in environments where they fluidly adjust their diets according to the most available prey (Cooper et al., 1999).Spotted hyaena are present in the Namib-Naukluft Park (NNP), an arid, resource-limited environment within the south Namib Desert, Namibia (Mills & Hofer, 1998). Spotted hyaena diet of medium to large herbivorous prey through fecal analyses has been previously recorded in the Namib Desert by Tilson et al. (1980). Fecal analyses
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