Crocuta crocuta ( Erxleben, 1777 )

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 439-440

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a21
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scientific name	Crocuta crocuta ( Erxleben, 1777 )
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Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777

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Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777: 578 .

COMMON NAME. — Spotted Hyena.

CURRENT NAME. — Crocuta crocuta ( Erxleben, 1777) View in CoL .

See Wozencraft (2005: 572), and Holekamp & Koloski (2009: 254).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

COMMENTS. — One animal collected and taken alive back to France on board Le Géographe under the name of “ Hyène mouchetée ”, which refers to Crocuta crocuta (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804c: 171; Leyden & Murray 1821: 290; Girard 1856: 96).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80156 ( Fig. 190 View FIG ; colour illustration of two animals), Inv. no. 80155 and 80154 ( Figs 191 View FIG ; 192 View FIG ; sketches of two animals), Inv. no. 80150 ( Fig. 193 View FIG ; sketch of animal eating), Inv. no. 80151 and 80152 ( Figs 194-195 View FIG View FIG ; sketch of head), and Inv. no. 80153 ( Fig. 196 View FIG ; partial skeleton of animal).