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GENUS Crocuta

Author:Kaup, 1828.
Citation:Oken's Isis. Encyclop. Zeit, 21(11): column 1145.
Type Species:Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777, by original designation.
Comments:Antedated by Crocuta Meigen, 1800 (an insect), but that name has been suppressed (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1962).
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SPECIES crocuta

Synonyms:

    Crocotta Kaup, 1829

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