Parahyaena brunnea (Thunberg, 1820) . K. Svenska Vet.-Acad. Handl. Stockholm, p. 59.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Goda Hopps Udden; Södra Afrika" [South Africa, Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope] .

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Orange Free State, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: /use« Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1825; makapani Toerien, 1952; melampus Pocock, 1935; striata Smith, 1826; villosa Smith, 1827 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Mills (1982, Mammalian Species, 194, as Hyaena brunnea).