Spotted Hyena, a solitary hunter, Virunga National Park, Congo (Democratic Republic)

"The park includes: part of Lake Edward (Lake Rutangize), the Semliki River valley, parts of the Rwindi, Ishasha and Rutshuru valleys south of the lake, the Virunga area within former Zaïre, and part of the Rwenzori range. Lake Edward belongs to the Nile river system and Lake Kivu to the Congo Basin river system. Some of the largest wild animal concentrations in Africa occur along the rivers of the park. Mammals in the savanna of the Rwindi area include: elephant (Loxodonta africana), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), numerous antelope, warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), lion (Panthera leo), spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), and various monkeys." This photograph was taken when Maya Bracher accompanied Eliot Elisofon on assignment for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) and traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971.