Hyena

A hyena.

Hecklefang Hyena in Hearthstone.

Hyenas are large carnivorous beasts found in the most barren areas of Kalimdor. They are most dangerous when traveling in packs. Rotting corpses attract hyenas and from feeding on the dead they often have an ability to inflict dangerous diseases on those who fight them. Hyenas possess tremendous strength in their jowls.

Centaur hunters in the Barrens and Desolace often keep them as pets, while they also serve as mounts for Uldum's desert pygmies and Vol'dun's vulpera. Hyenas are skinnable. They are found in the Barrens, Desolace, Tanaris, Blasted Lands, Dragonblight, Uldum, Townlong Steppes, and Vol'dun.

Notable

•  Ashmane
•  Giggler
•  Gnashjaw <Malgen Longspear's Pet> (removed)
•  Jaxx the Rabid
•  Murderous Blisterpaw (extinct)
•  Ravage
•  Skarf
•  Snark
•  Slaverjaw
•  Snort the Heckler
•  Steelsnap (extinct)

Types

•  Ashfang Hyena
•  Blisterpaw Hyena
•  Bloodsnarl Hyena
•  Bloodsnarl Scavenger
•  Bonepaw Hyena
•  Famished Bonepaw
•  Galak Packhound
•  Gordok Hyena
•  Gordok Mastiff
•  Hecklefang Hyena
•  Hecklefang Scavenger
•  Hecklefang Snarler (extinct)
•  Hecklefang Stalker (extinct)
•  Kolkar Packhound
•  Mangy Hyena
•  Magram Bonepaw (extinct)
•  Maraudine Bonepaw (extinct)
•  Pesterhide Hyena (extinct)
•  Pesterhide Snarler (extinct)
•  Rabid Blisterpaw
•  Rabid Bonepaw
•  Rabid Hyena
•  Snickerfang Hyena
•  Snickerfang Pup
•  Starving Blisterpaw (extinct)
•  Starving Bonepaw
•  Starving Snickerfang (extinct)
•  Tamed Hyena (Razorfen Kraul)
•  Tamed Hyena (Kun-Lai Summit)
•  Tundra Scavenger
•  Warhound

As a mount

Main article: Hyena mounts

As a hunter pet

Type
Cunning
Diet
Abilities
Basic	Special	Exotic	Bonus

As of Dragonflight, there are nine different skins available for hyena pets.

Patch changes

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): [Infected Bite] added.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): [Cackling Howl] removed.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): [Tendon Rip] is replaced with [Cackling Howl].
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Pet type changed from Ferocity to Cunning.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Bonuses equalized.

  Damage had a +10% bonus and now has +5% bonus.
  Armor had no bonus and now has a +5% bonus.
  

• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Major changes.

  Gained new ability, [Tendon Rip].
  Hyenas can no longer eat fruit.
  Armor had a +5% bonus and now has no bonus.
  Health had no bonus and now has a +5% bonus.
  Damage had no bonus and now has a +10% bonus.
  

In the RPG

A dire hyena in the Monster Guide.

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Hyenas are pack hunters infamous for their cunning and their unnerving vocalizations. A favorite tactic is to send a few individuals against the foe’s front while the rest of the pack circles and attacks from the flanks or rear. The striped hyena is about 3 feet long and weighs about 120 pounds.

Dire hyena

Dire hyenas are large hyenas. They are massive, striped animals with slavering jaws. They are known to throw their heads back and scream with an hysterical-seeming laugh. Dire hyenas chase both lions and their smaller cousins away from prey; hunting in packs, they are particularly dangerous. Dire hyenas are about 8 feet long and 5 feet high, and weigh more than 800 pounds. A dire hyena pack often sends in a few of its members to harass prey while the rest of the pack circles for position. During this delaying action, the foremost hyenas fight defensively; when the full pack is in position it charges as a unit.

Notes

• Gnolls are hyena-like humanoids.

Gallery

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  Old World of Warcraft model prior to patch 8.0.1.

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  Hyena mount NPC.

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  World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth concept art.

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  A hyena in the Trading Card Game

Patch changes

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Model updated. Mount introduced.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Several mobs that once used the hyena model have been updated to use the new mastiff model in Cataclysm, such as the various hounds employed by the Scarlet Crusade and the vrykul.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Petopia