Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 (brown hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Alternative combination: Hyaena brevirostris

Synonyms: Hyaena robusta Weithofer 1889, Hyaena sinensis Owen 1870

Belongs to Pachycrocuta according to T. Medin et al. 2017

See also Kurten 1968 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991

Sister taxa: Pachycrocuta bellax, Pachycrocuta licenti

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), China (3), France (3), Georgia (2), Germany (2), Greece (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Tajikistan (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)

Total: 45 collections including 46 occurrences

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