Hyaena Briinnich, 1771 . Zool. Fundamenta, p. 34, 42, 43.

TYPE SPECIES: Canis hyaena Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

COMMENTS: Revised by Pocock (1934c). Hyaena Brisson, 1762, is unavailable (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1955). See comments under Parahyaena for exclusion of brunnea here.