Hyaena striata; Print; Hyaena is a genus comprising two of the living species of hyenas: the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) from western Asia and northern Africa and the brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) from southern Africa. The brown hyena has sometimes been placed in a separate genus Parahyaena; or even included in the otherwise fossil genus Pachycrocuta; but recent sources have tended to place it in Hyaena.; 1700-1880