a wadi on the outskirts of Jerusalem Israel
Isaiah: Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
Psalm 104: The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax
The Hebrew Scriptures are full of wildlife, and much of that wildlife is shared with Africa.
The hyenas are here are not the nasty spotted ones, but the striped and wimpy and like to forage garbage dumps (“strongholds” 
) in the dead of the night.
thanks for the quotes. Refreshing!
the wildlife shared with three continents, actually, counting Europe and Asia as separate.