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Crocuta crocuta (spotted hyaena)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae

Taxonomy
Canis crocuta was named by Erxleben (1777) [Originally named Canis crocuta by Erxleben]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Hyaena crocuta by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927); it was recombined as Crocuta crocuta by Gray (1868), Watson (1878), Mivart (1882), Kurten (1968), Werdelin and Solunias (1991), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995) and Koepfli et al. (2006).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Canis crocuta Erxleben
1820Hyaena capensis Desmarest
1820Hyaena rufa Desmarest
1820Hyaena maculata Odmann
1842Hyaena cuvieri Boitard
1868Crocuta crocuta Gray p. 525
1878Crocuta crocuta Watson
1882Crocuta crocuta Mivart p. 198
1900Hyaena (Crocotta) gariepensis Matschie
1900Hyaena (Crocotta) germinans Matschie
1900Hyaena (Crocotta) noltei Matschie
1900Hyaena (Crocotta) thierryi Matschie
1900Hyaena (Crocotta) togoensis Matschie
1900Hyaena (Crocotta) wismanni Matschie
1905Hyaena (Crocotta) leontiewi Satunin
1908Crocotta kibotonensis Lönnberg
1908Crocotta panganensis Lönnberg
1911Crocuta nyassae Cabrera
1911Crocuta nzoyae Cabrera
1911Crocuta rufopicta Cabrera
1911Crocuta thomasi Cabrera
1914Crocuta crocuta fisi Heller
1924Crocuta crocuta fortis Allen
1927Hyaena crocuta Boule and De Villeneuve p. 73
1968Crocuta crocuta Kurten p. 64
1991Crocuta crocuta Werdelin and Solunias
1995Crocuta crocuta Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 242
2006Crocuta crocuta 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
genusCrocutaErxleben 1777
speciescrocuta()

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.

Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 [spotted hyaena]
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Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss 1823
Invalid names: Crocotta kibotonensis Lönnberg 1908 [synonym], Crocotta panganensis Lönnberg 1908 [synonym], Crocuta crocuta fisi Heller 1914 [synonym], Crocuta crocuta fortis Allen 1924 [synonym], Crocuta nyassae Cabrera 1911 [synonym], Crocuta nzoyae Cabrera 1911 [synonym], Crocuta rufopicta Cabrera 1911 [synonym], Crocuta thomasi Cabrera 1911 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) gariepensis Matschie 1900 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) germinans Matschie 1900 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) leontiewi Satunin 1905 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) noltei Matschie 1900 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) thierryi Matschie 1900 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) togoensis Matschie 1900 [synonym], Hyaena (Crocotta) wismanni Matschie 1900 [synonym], Hyaena capensis Desmarest 1820 [synonym], Hyaena cuvieri Boitard 1842 [synonym], Hyaena maculata Odmann 1820 [synonym], Hyaena rufa Desmarest 1820 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available