Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 308

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scientific name	Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777)
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Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) View in CoL . Syst. Regni Anim., 1:578.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Guinea, Aethiopia, ad caput bonae spei in terrae rupiumque caueis", restricted by Cabrera (1911:95) to "Senegambia" .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

SYNONYMS: capensis Desmarest, 1817 ; colvini Lydekker, 1844; croacuta A. Smith, 1826; cuvieri Boitard, 1842 ; encrita Smith, 1827; felina Lydekker, 1844 ; fisi Heller, 1914; fortis Allen, 1924; gariepensis Matschie, 1900; germinans Matschie, 1900; habessynica Blainville, 1844; kibonotensis Lönnberg, 1905; leontiewi Satunin, 1905; maculata Thunberg, 1811 ; noltei Matschie, 1900; nyasae Cabrera, 1911; nzoyae Cabrera, 1911; panganensis Lönnberg, 1905; rufa Desmarest, 1817 ; rufopicta Cabrera, 1911; sivalensis Falconer and Cautley, 1868; spelaea Goldfuss, 1823 ; thierryi Matschie, 1900 ; thomasi Cabrera, 1911; togoensis Matschie, 1900; ultima Matsumoto, 1915; venustula Ewer, 1954; weissmanni Trouessart, 1904; wissmanni Matschie, 1900.

COMMENTS: Revised by Matthews (1939).