Parahyaena Hendey, 1974 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 63: 149.

TYPE SPECIES: Hyaena brunnea Thunberg, 1820 .

COMMENTS: Some have considered Hyaena to include brunnea, however, this would be a paraphyletic group among extant (Werdelin and Solounias, 1991) and/or fossil taxa (Galiano and Frailey, 1977; Hendey, 1974).