Crocuta 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 crocuta Erxleben, 1777

Type locality: Guinea, Aethiopia, ad caput bonae spei in terrae rupiumque caueis (Senegambia (Cabrera, 1911))

Synonyms

• Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777
• Hyaena crocuto

Vernacular names

dansk: Plettet Hyæne
Deutsch: Tüpfelhyäne
eesti: Tähnikhüään
English: Spotted Hyena
español: Hiena manchada
français: Hyène tachetée
italiano: Iena maculata
Kiswahili: Fisi
Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
日本語: ブチハイエナ
norsk bokmål: Flekkhyene
polski: Hiena cętkowana
português: Hiena malhada
ไทย: ไฮยีน่าลายจุด, ไฮยีน่า
Türkçe: Benekli sırtlan

References

• Crocuta 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
• Syst. Regni Anim. 1: 578.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

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