🧬 Sloping back, high shoulders, short snout, dark fur

⚠️ Danger: 7

The American Hyena, or Shunka Warakin, is a predator described as resembling a hyena or wolf-dog hybrid. Tales come from Native American folklore and 19th-century settlers who claimed it stalked livestock and emitted unnatural howls. Some speculate it is a misidentified striped hyena or prehistoric holdout. A mounted specimen was once displayed in a Montana museum and later studied as part of cryptozoological investigations. The creature is feared for its aggression and cunning. It is usually spotted at dusk or dawn. It leaves tracks unlike any known North American mammal and is known to stalk before attacking.