Crocuta

Crocuta crocuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Hyaenidae
Subfamilia: Hyaeninae
Genus: Crocuta
Species: Crocuta crocuta

Name

Crocuta Kaup, 1828

Type species: Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777

Synonyms

• Crocotta Kaup, 1829

Vernacular names

dansk: Plettet Hyæne
Deutsch: Tüpfelhyäne
English: Spotted Hyena
español: Hiena manchada
français: Hyène tachetée
italiano: Iena maculata
Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
norsk bokmål: Flekkhyene
português: Hiena malhada
suomi: Täplähyeena
ไทย: ไฮยีน่าลายจุด

References

• Crocuta in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Oken's Isis. Encyclop. Zeit 21(11), column 1145.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214