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--> FAMILY Hyaenidae
--> GENUS Crocuta
SPECIES Crocuta crocuta
| Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 578. | | Common Name: | Spotted Hyena | | Type Locality: | "Guinea, Aethiopia, ad caput bonae spei in terrae rupiumque caueis", restricted by Cabrera (1911:95) to "Senegambia". | | Distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. | | Status: | IUCN � Lower Risk (cd). | | Comments: | Revised by Matthews (1939a, b). Synonyms according to Matthews (1939a) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) who demonstrated that subspecies are not justified. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
capensis (Desmarest, 1817)
cuvieri (Boitard, 1842)
fisi Heller, 1914
fortis J. A. Allen, 1924
gariepensis (Matschie, 1900)
germinans (Matschie, 1900)
habessynica (de Blainville, 1844)
kibonotensis (L�nnberg, 1908)
leontiewi (Satunin, 1905)
maculata (Thunberg, 1811)
noltei (Matschie, 1900)
nyasae Cabrera, 1911
nzoyae Cabrera, 1911
panganensis (L�nnberg, 1908)
rufa (Desmarest, 1817)
rufopicta Cabrera, 1911
sivalensis (Falconer and Cautley in Falconer, 1868)
thierryi (Matschie, 1900)
thomasi Cabrera, 1911
togoensis (Matschie, 1900)
wissmanni (Matschie, 1900)
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