Crocuta crocuta

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Feliformia
Familia: Hyaenidae
Subfamilia: Hyaeninae
Genus: Crocuta
Species: Crocuta crocuta

Name

Crocuta crocuta Erxleben, 1777

Type locality: Guinea, Aethiopia, ad caput bonae spei in terrae rupiumque caueis (Senegambia (Cabrera, 1911))

Synonyms

* Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777
* Hyaena crocuto

Vernacular names
Dansk: Plettet Hyæne
Deutsch: Tüpfelhyäne
English: Spotted Hyena
Español: Hiena manchada
Français: Hyène tachetée
Italiano: Iena maculata
Kiswahili: Fisi
Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
日本語: ブチハイエナ
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Flekkhyene
Polski: Hiena cętkowana
Português: Hiena malhada
Türkçe: Benekli sırtlan

References

* Crocuta crocuta on Mammal Species of the World.
* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World : A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2-volume set(3rd ed).
* Syst. Regni Anim. 1: 578.