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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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| Offspring: SPECIES crocuta | Synonyms:
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