Crocuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
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: Zatheria 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

Familia: Hyaenidae
Subfamilia: Hyaeninae
Genus: Crocuta
Species: Crocuta crocuta - †Crocuta crocuta spelaea

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
suomi: Täplähyeena
français: Hyène tachetée
italiano: Iena maculata
日本語: ブチハイエナ属
Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
norsk: Flekkhyene
português: Hiena malhada
ไทย: ไฮยีน่าลายจุด

References

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.
Oken's Isis. Encyclop. Zeit 21(11), column 1145.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.