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Hyaena hyaena (striped hyaena)
Taxonomy
Canis hyaena was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Hyaena hyaena by Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), Rieger (1981), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Koepfli et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Hyaena hyaena by Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), Rieger (1981), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Koepfli et al. (2006).
Subspecies
H. barbara (syn. Hyaena suilla), H. dubbah (syn. Hyaena bergeri, Hyaena dubia, Hyaena rendilis, Hyaena schillingsi, Canis hyaenomelas), H. hyaena (syn. Hyaena striata, Hyaena antiqua, Hyaena vulgaris, Hyaena orientalis, Hyaena virgata, Hyaena fasciata, Hyaena indica, Hyaena antiquorum), H. sultana, H. syriaca (syn. Hyaena zarudnyi, Hyaena satunini, Hyaena bilkiewiczi, Hyaena bokcharensis)
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Canis hyaena Linnaeus p. 40 |
| 1911 | Hyaena hyaena Thomas p. 134 |
| 1968 | Hyaena hyaena Kurten p. 66 |
| 1981 | Hyaena hyaena Rieger p. 1 |
| 1991 | Hyaena hyaena Werdelin and Solunias |
| 1998 | Hyaena hyaena International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65 |
| 2006 | Hyaena hyaena Koepfli et al. p. 604 |
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Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 [striped hyaena]
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Hyaena hyaena dubbah Meyer 1793
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Invalid names: Canis hyaenomelas Bruce 1820 [synonym], Hyaena bergeri Matschie 1910 [synonym], Hyaena dubia Schinz 1821 [synonym], Hyaena rendilis Lönnberg 1912 [synonym], Hyaena schillingsi Matschie 1900 [synonym]
Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Hyaena antiquorum Temminck 1820 [objective synonym], Hyaena fasciata Thunberg 1820 [objective synonym], Hyaena indica Blainville 1844 [objective synonym], Hyaena orientalis Tiedemann 1808 [objective synonym], Hyaena striata Zimmermann 1777 [synonym], Hyaena virgata Ogilby 1839 [objective synonym], Hyaena vulgaris Desmarest 1820 [synonym]
Hyaena hyaena sultana Pocock 1934
Hyaena hyaena syriaca Matschie 1900
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Invalid names: Hyaena bilkiewiczi Satunin 1905 [synonym], Hyaena bokcharensis Satunin 1905 [synonym], Hyaena satunini Matschie 1910 [synonym], Hyaena zarudnyi Satunin 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
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| 22.4 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 47.7 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 25.6 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 30.1 kg | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur diameter | 1 | 15.7 | |||||
| humerus diameter | 1 | 21.7 | |||||
| radius diameter | 1 | 11.5 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 15.8 |
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| References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | South Africa | Hyaena hyaena (22339 22357) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Hyaena hyaena (21791) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Hyaena hyaena (21291 21293) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Hyaena hyaena (21305 21354) | |
| Pleistocene | Kenya | Hyaena hyaena (21963) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Hyaena hyaena (21892 21898 21906) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Hyaena hyaena (22536) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Hyaena hyaena (21856) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt | Hyaena hyaena (21900) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Hyaena hyaena (34287 34330 42866) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Hyaena striata (50258) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Hyaena hyaena (21277) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Hyaena hyaena (21690) | |
| Holocene | Sudan | Hyaena hyaena (21902 21958 208786 208787) |