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--> GENUS Crocuta
SPECIES Crocuta crocuta
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 578. | Common Name: | Spotted Hyena | Type Locality: | "Guinea, Aethiopia, ad caput bonae spei in terrae rupiumque caueis", restricted by Cabrera (1911:95) to "Senegambia". | Distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | Comments: | Revised by Matthews (1939a, b). Synonyms according to Matthews (1939a) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) who demonstrated that subspecies are not justified. |
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capensis (Desmarest, 1817) cuvieri (Boitard, 1842) fisi Heller, 1914 fortis J. A. Allen, 1924 gariepensis (Matschie, 1900) germinans (Matschie, 1900) habessynica (de Blainville, 1844) kibonotensis (Lönnberg, 1908) leontiewi (Satunin, 1905) maculata (Thunberg, 1811) noltei (Matschie, 1900) nyasae Cabrera, 1911 nzoyae Cabrera, 1911 panganensis (Lönnberg, 1908) rufa (Desmarest, 1817) rufopicta Cabrera, 1911 sivalensis (Falconer and Cautley in Falconer, 1868) thierryi (Matschie, 1900) thomasi Cabrera, 1911 togoensis (Matschie, 1900) wissmanni (Matschie, 1900)
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