Hyaena Brisson 1762

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 572

Hyaena Brisson 1762

Hyaena Brisson 1762 , Regn. Anim., 2nd ed.: 168.

Type Species: Canis hyaena Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Euhyaena Falconer 1868 ; Hyena Gray 1821 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820

Species Hyaena hyaena ( Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1934 c). Hyaena Brisson, 1762 , is available ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1955 b, 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).