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Parahyaena brunnea (brown hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Hyaena brunnea was named by Thunberg (1820). It is extant.

It was recombined as Parahyaena brunnea by Werdelin and Solunias (1991) and Koepfli et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Hyaena brunnea Thunberg
1882Hyaena brunnea Mivart p. 198
1968Hyaena brunnea Kurten p. 64
1991Parahyaena brunnea Werdelin and Solunias
2006Parahyaena brunnea Koepfli et al. p. 604

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyHyaenidae
genusParahyaenaHendey 1974
speciesbrunnea(Thunberg 1820)

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.

Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 [brown hyaena]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:23:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Hyaena brunnea (22220)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117South Africa Hyaena brunnea (22230)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Hyaena brunnea (22330 22332)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Hyaena brunnea (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Hyaena brunnea (21824) Parahyaena brunnea (95150)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Hyaena brunnea (21695 21825 21828 21916 21929 21953 21956 22329) Hyaena brunnea, Hyaena brunnea (21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Hyaena brunnea (21711 21951 21952 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Hyaena brunnea (21925)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Hyaena brunnea (21709 96974 115184)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Hyaena brunnea (21693)