Why are leopards scared of hyenas?

As others have said, hyenas usually travel in groups while leopards are solitary. But no leopard will stick around to fight even one hyena when it can just go up a tree. read more

But no leopard will stick around to fight even one hyena when it can just go up a tree. There's usually no reason for a leopard to risk injury or death fighting a hyena, which will, more often than not, outweigh it. Leopards are also able to take their kills into trees, safely out of reach of hyenas and, often, out of reach of lions too. read more

As they lack of strong bite and strength as compared to leopards or other bigcats. They're just built to hunt not to fight, that's the reason why cheetahs leave their meal to other predators including hyenas. The hyenas on other hand are about the same size where adults reaching 92cm tall at shoulders,170cm long and weighing upto 64kgs as well. read more

Leopards are solitary, and hyenas do hunt in packs; thus, they would be able to steal the food from the leopard, possibly also wound it. In addition if the leopard has cubs, these would be threatened by the hyenas. read more