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Hyenas have scant few secondary sexual characteristics. In fact, this is a photo of a female hyena. A hyena clitoris is equal in size to a hyena penis, due to the species’ characteristically high androgen levels. Though it has been shown that the penile clitoris begins developing prior to the androgen wave in utero, so the condition of female hyenas’ genitals is likely due to multiple evolutionary factors.

Hyenas have scant few secondary sexual characteristics. In fact, this is a photo of a female hyena. A hyena clitoris is equal in size to a hyena penis, due to the species’ characteristically high androgen levels. Though it has been shown that the penile clitoris begins developing prior to the androgen wave in utero, so the condition of female hyenas’ genitals is likely due to multiple evolutionary factors.

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