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Pachycrocuta brevirostris

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Hyaena brevirostris was named by Gervais (1850).

It was recombined as Pachycrocuta brevirostris by Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Medin et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Hyaena brevirostris Gervais
1870Hyaena sinensis Owen
1889Hyaena robusta Weithofer
1968Hyaena brevirostris Kurten p. 65
1991Pachycrocuta brevirostris Werdelin and Solunias
2017Pachycrocuta brevirostris Medin et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
genusPachycrocutaKretzoi 1938
speciesbrevirostris(Gervais 1850)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850
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Invalid names: Hyaena robusta Weithofer 1889 [synonym], Hyaena sinensis Owen 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available