Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter 194058 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 f181e241-3970-4bd2-8a4d-dec4495e0adc 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) . 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).