Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820

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

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scientific name	Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820
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Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 , K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm: 59.

Type Locality: "Goda Hopps Udden; Södra Afrika" [ South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].

Vernacular Names: Brown Hyena.

Synonyms: Hyaena fusca E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1825 ; Hyaena melampus Pocock 1934 ; Hyaena striata A. Smith 1826 ; Hyaena villosa A. Smith 1827 .

Distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as Parahyaena (= Hyaena ) brunnea ; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Reviewed by Mills (1982). See comments under genus for inclusion of brunnea under Hyaena . Pocock (1934 c) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) argued that neither morphological nor molecular studies have supported the recognition of subspecies at present. Synonyms according to Jenks and Werdelin (1998).