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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
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--> FAMILY Hyaenidae
GENUS Hyaena
| Author: | Brisson, 1762. | | Citation: | Regnum Animale, ed. 2.: 168. | | Type Species: | Canis hyaena Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation. | | Comments: | Revised by Pocock (1934c). Hyaena Brisson, 1762, is available (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1955b, 1998), even though the work Regnum Animale has been rejected. The relationship of H. hyaena and H. brunnea has been problematic. McKenna and Bell (1997) followed Galiano and Frailey (1977) and placed brunnea in Pachycrocuta. Werdelin and Solounias (1991) argued that brunnea should be placed in Parahyaena. Jenks and Werdelin (1998) placed brunnea back in Hyaena and used subgenera to maintain Hendey’s (1978) original intention (which is followed here). Synonyms according to Jenks and Werdelin (1998). |
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| Offspring: SPECIES brunnea SPECIES hyaena | Synonyms:
Euhyaena Falconer, 1868
Hyena Gray, 1821
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