Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Alternative spellings: Crocotta, Hyaena (Crocotta)
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to K.-P. Koepfli et al. 2006
See also Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Geraads 1997, Kurten 1968, Lönnberg 1912, Matthews 1939, Mivart 1882, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Crocuta crocuta Crocuta dbaa Crocuta dietrichi Crocuta macrodonta Crocuta sivalensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (2 collections), Austria (1), China (7), Croatia (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (3), France (8), Germany (5), Greece (3), Hungary (2), India (4), Israel (1), Italy (7), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (20), Libya (1), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (3), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (6), Spain (9), Syria (1), Taiwan (1), Tanzania (8), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Pennsylvania), Zambia (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Ethiopia (1), Indonesia (1), Kenya (5), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), India (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (8)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Greece (1), Kenya (1), Pakistan (3)
Total: 155 collections including 164 occurrences
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