Crocuta Kaup, 1828 . Oken's Isis. Encyclop. Zeit, 21(11), column 1145.

TYPE SPECIES: Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777, by original designation.

COMMENTS: Antedated by Crocuta Meigen, 1800 (an insect), but this name has been suppressed (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1962).