 Similarly, cave lion and bear remains have been discovered in hyena den sites, thus indicating that hyenas may have scavenged on or killed them.Although the first full account of the cave hyena was given by Georges Cuvier in 1812, skeletal fragments of the cave hyena have been described in scientific literature since the 18th century, though they were frequently misidentified.The first recorded mention of the cave hyena in literature occurs in Kundmann's 1737 tome "Rariora Naturæ et Artis", where the author misidentified a hyena's mandibular ramus as that of a calf.