Crocuta crocuta

Crocuta crocuta, Seronera Valley, Serengeti, Tanzania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viverroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Viverroidea

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)).

Synonymy

• Canis crocuta (protonym)
• Hyaena crocuto

References

• Systema Regni Animalis 1: 578.
• Crocuta crocuta in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Плямістая гіена
• dansk: Plettet Hyæne
• Deutsch: Tüpfelhyäne
• English: Spotted Hyena
• español: Hiena manchada
• eesti: Tähnikhüään
• français: Hyène tachetée
• magyar: Foltos hiéna
• italiano: Iena maculata
• 日本語: ブチハイエナ
• Tyap: A̱murum
• Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
• norsk: Flekkhyene
• polski: Krokuta cętkowana
• português: Hiena malhada
• Kiswahili: Fisi
• ไทย: ไฮยีน่าลายจุด
• Türkçe: Benekli sırtlan
• Tiếng Việt: Linh cẩu đốm

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