Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 572

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11344550

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scientific name

Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820
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Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 View in CoL

Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 View in CoL , K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm: 59.

Type Locality: "Goda Hopps Udden; Södra Afrika" [ South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].

Vernacular Names: Brown Hyena.

Synonyms: Hyaena fusca E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1825 ; Hyaena melampus Pocock 1934 ; Hyaena striata A. Smith 1826 ; Hyaena villosa A. Smith 1827 .

Distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as Parahyaena (= Hyaena ) brunnea ; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Reviewed by Mills (1982). See comments under genus for inclusion of brunnea under Hyaena . Pocock (1934 c) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) argued that neither morphological nor molecular studies have supported the recognition of subspecies at present. Synonyms according to Jenks and Werdelin (1998).

ESA

Universidade de São Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Hyaenidae

Genus

Hyaena

Loc

Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Hyaena brunnea

Thunberg 1820: 59
1820
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