hyena

hyeena Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and (taxlink)), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
1994, T. M. Caro, Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=hcZCubO01bEC&pg=PA283&dq=%22hyena%22%7C%22hyenas%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22hyena%22%7C%22hyenas%22&f=false page 283,

I took no systematic data on the costs to cheetahs and hyenas, but some anecdotes suggest that both parties took numerical advantage and hunger into account.

Hyenas are scavengers, which means they eat food left behind by other animals and people.

Hyena biologists often think of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) as baboons with big teeth and relatively small brains.