Knowledge of the large carnivore guild is important in view of a possible lion reintroduction into the Comoé National Park (CNP), northern Côte d’Ivoire. We used camera trapping to assess activity patterns, habitat selection, and ecological factors influencing the occupancy of the spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta. Our results showed that the presence of leopard Panthera pardus, the only current other large carnivore and thus potential competitor, did not influence hyena occupancy. Hyena occupancy was only significantly related to Euclidian distance to nearest water point. Manly’s alpha habitat selection index values show a preference of spotted hyena for shrub savannah (α_Sa = 0.71), and Pianka’s overlap index showed low spatial competition with leopard (OIJ_(PNC) = 0.12). Our findings showed that spotted hyena were mostly nocturnal, and generally active at the same time slots with leopard, leading to a high index of temporal overlap (OIJ_(time) = 0.78). The kernel density estimation confirmed that spotted hyenas and leopard shared almost half of their activity patterns (Δ1 = 0.49 and 95% CI = 0.26–0.71). Prey diversity is high in CNP but anthropogenic threats appear to suppress population growth of prey and predators. Conservation efforts should continue to reduce pressures before contemplating a potential lion Panthera leo reintroduction.

鉴于狮子可能被重新引入科特迪瓦北部的科莫埃国家公园（CNP），了解大型食肉动物协会非常重要。我们使用相机陷阱来评估活动模式、栖息地选择以及影响斑点鬣狗Crocuta crocuta栖息地的生态因素。我们的结果表明，豹子（Panthera pardus）是目前唯一的其他大型食肉动物，因此是潜在的竞争对手，它的存在并没有影响鬣狗的占有率。鬣狗的占有率仅与到最近水点的欧几里得距离显着相关。Manly 的 alpha 栖息地选择指数值显示斑鬣狗对灌木稀树草原的偏好（α _Sa  = 0.71），而 Pianka 的重叠指数显示与豹子的空间竞争较低（OIJ _（PNC）  = 0.12）。我们的研究结果表明，斑鬣狗大多是夜间活动的，并且通常与豹在同一时间段活跃，导致时间重叠指数很高（OIJ _（时间）  = 0.78）。核密度估计证实，斑鬣狗和豹子的活动模式几乎有一半相同（Δ1 = 0.49，95% CI = 0.26-0.71）。CNP 的猎物多样性很高，但人为威胁似乎抑制了猎物和捕食者的种群增长。在考虑重新引入潜在的狮子Panthera leo之前，保护工作应继续减轻压力。