Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Synonym: Euhyaena Falconer 1868 [objective synonym]
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to K.-P. Koepfli et al. 2006
See also Carroll 1988, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998, Kurten 1968, Mivart 1882, Rieger 1981, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Hyaena donnezani Hyaena gigantea Hyaena gigantea Hyaena hipparionum Hyaena hyaena Hyaena macrostoma Hyaena makapani Hyaena perrieri Hyaena prisca Hyaena salonicae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), China (4), Egypt (5), Ethiopia (2), France (3), Germany (2), Greece (4), Israel (2), Italy (1), Kenya (4), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (1), Spain (1), Sudan (4), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Kenya (2), South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Chad (1), Egypt (2), Ethiopia (2), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (3), Spain (3), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (4)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), China (4), Egypt (1), France (1), Georgia (1), Greece (5), Moldova (5), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (4)
Total: 87 collections including 91 occurrences
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