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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid.

Francisca A S Virtuoso, Robert Milia Kaai, Yorick Liefting, Femke Broekhuis, Rebekah Karimi, James Kisau, Loontasati Lolari, Silole Tumaina, Soloomon Lekai, Gibson Lepilal and 13 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Francisca A S VirtuosoEnvironmental Sciences Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6201-9886
Robert Milia KaaiThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Yorick LieftingEnvironmental Sciences Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands.
Femke BroekhuisEnvironmental Sciences Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-8819
Rebekah KarimiThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
James KisauThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Loontasati LolariThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Silole TumainaThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Soloomon LekaiThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Gibson LepilalThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Richard SilamuiThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Oningoi PartayoThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Purity SeleloThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Joseph SayioreThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Noah TingaiThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Wilson NtitikaThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Duncan KorongoroThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Elvis NemagaiThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Jesephat NjueThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Kelvin TajeuThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Taiko NanguyienThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Patric NamusuThe Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Naivasha Kenya.
Richard Stratton HatfieldEnvironmental Sciences Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8419-6589

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary flexibility in carnivores remains an underexplored aspect of their ecology, particularly the consumption of non-meat foods. While striped hyenas (

Indexed as

alternative foodscamera trapcarnivoresdiethoney combKenyastriped hyena

Identifiers

PMID41250740
PMCPMC12620014

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