Crocuta crocuta

Crocuta crocuta, Seronera Valley, Serengeti, Tanzania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Herpestoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Parvordo: Viverroidea Superfamilia: Herpestoidea

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
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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