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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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Synonyms:

    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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