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Hyaena hyaena (striped hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Canis hyaena Linnaeus p. 40
1911Hyaena hyaena Thomas p. 134
1968Hyaena hyaena Kurten p. 66
1981Hyaena hyaena Rieger p. 1
1991Hyaena hyaena Werdelin and Solunias
1998Hyaena hyaena International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65
2006Hyaena hyaena 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
genusHyaena
specieshyaena()

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.

Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 [striped hyaena]
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Hyaena hyaena barbara Blainville 1844
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Invalid names: Hyaena suilla Filippi 1853 [synonym]
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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 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
estimateequationreference
 22.4 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 47.7 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 25.6 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 30.1 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter115.7
humerus diameter121.7
radius diameter111.5
tibia diameter115.8

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:14:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:14:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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): 2.588 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Hyaena hyaena (22339 22357)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Hyaena hyaena (21791)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Hyaena hyaena (21291 21293)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Hyaena hyaena (21305 21354)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Hyaena hyaena (21892 21898 21906)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Hyaena hyaena (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Hyaena hyaena (22536)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt Hyaena hyaena (21900)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Hyaena hyaena (21856)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Hyaena hyaena (34287 34330 42866)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Hyaena striata (50258)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Hyaena hyaena (21277)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Hyaena hyaena (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Hyaena hyaena (21902 21958 208786 208787)