Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)

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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Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
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Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777) View in CoL

[Canis] crocuta Erxleben 1777 View in CoL , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 578.

Type Locality: " Guinea, Aethiopia, ad caput bonae spei in terrae rupiumque caueis", restricted by Cabrera (1911:95) to "Senegambia".

Vernacular Names: Spotted Hyena.

Synonyms: Crocuta capensis (Desmarest 1817) ; Crocuta cuvieri (Boitard 1842) ; Crocuta fisi Heller 1914 ; Crocuta fortis J. A. Allen 1924 ; Crocuta gariepensis ( Matschie 1900) ; Crocuta germinans ( Matschie 1900) ; Crocuta habessynica (de Blainville 1844) ; Crocuta kibonotensis (Lönnberg 1908) ; Crocuta leontiewi (Satunin 1905) ; Crocuta maculata (Thunberg 1811) ; Crocuta noltei ( Matschie 1900) ; Crocuta nyasae Cabrera 1911 ; Crocuta nzoyae Cabrera 1911 ; Crocuta panganensis (Lönnberg 1908) ; Crocuta rufa (Desmarest 1817) ; Crocuta rufopicta Cabrera 1911 ; Crocuta sivalensis (Falconer and Cautley in Falconer 1868) ; Crocuta thierryi ( Matschie 1900) ; Crocuta thomasi Cabrera 1911 ; Crocuta togoensis ( Matschie 1900) ; Crocuta wissmanni ( Matschie 1900) .

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Revised by Matthews (1939a, b). Synonyms according to Matthews (1939 a) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) who demonstrated that subspecies are not justified.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Hyaenidae

Genus

Crocuta

Loc

Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)

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

[Canis] crocuta

Erxleben 1777: 578
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