Hyaena hyaena

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Striped Hyena

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Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1758

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Aeluroidea
Superfamily : Viverroidea
Family : Hyaenidae
Subfamily : Hyaeninae
Genus : Hyaena

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033832

Original name as described

Canis Hyæna

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Senegal · Mauritania · Mali · Guinea? · Burkina Faso · Benin? · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon · Central African Republic? · Chad · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Sudan? · South Sudan · Eritrea? · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia? · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Israel · Palestine · Lebanon · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Kuwait? · Qatar? · United Arab Emirates? · Oman · Yemen · Syria · Turkey · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Georgia · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006072

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 43 names and synonyms.

Canis Hyæna

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

hyaena

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033832

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:575, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Leske (1779:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  6. Borowski (1780:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  7. Gmelin (1788:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  8. Kerr (1792:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  9. Palisot de Beauvois (1796:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68418)
  10. Wolf (1796:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  11. Cuvier (1797:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  12. Shaw (1800:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37617)
  13. Daudin (1802:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  14. Turton (1802:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  15. Treviranus (1802:206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  16. Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  17. Illiger (1811:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36105)
  18. Griffith (1822:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  19. Wagler (1830:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)

Hyaena striata

E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1777

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53966171

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Hyena (striata)

E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:163, 170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Hyæna Striata

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230057

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Link (1795:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  3. Bechstein (1801:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30309306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  4. Goldfuss (1809:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  5. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  6. Illiger (1815:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  7. Schinz (1821:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  8. Fischer (1829:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Burnett (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  10. Eichwald (1831:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  11. Nordmann (1839:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  12. Gistel (1848:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  13. Fitzinger (1855:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  14. Dallas (1855:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49123)
  15. Giebel (1855:855, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  16. Horsfield (1857:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  17. Loche (1858:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  18. Blyth (1863:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  19. Day (1863:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)
  20. Murray (1866:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  21. Jerdon (1867:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  22. Loche (1867:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
  23. Gray (1869:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  24. Gray (1869:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  25. Gray (1869:524, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37819)
  26. Sclater (1872:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  27. Heuglin (1877:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  28. Danford & Alston (1880:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68533)
  29. Rochebrune (1883:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  30. Lydekker (1908:453, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  31. Ward (1910:509, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  32. Roberts (1937:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  33. Arambourg (1970:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59814281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31326)

Canis Hyaena aethiopicus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

aethiopica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664163

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Hyaena Dubbah

F. A. A. Meyer, 1793

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

dubbah

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27654995

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Meyer (1793:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27654995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66140)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Hyæna vulgaris

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Muirhead (1819:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  3. Desmarest (1821:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Lesson (1827:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Sykes (1831:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  6. Ménétries (1832:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69276)
  7. Blyth (1840:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  8. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  9. Blainville (1844:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68409)
  10. Trouessart (1904:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  11. Satunin (1905:3, 15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69039)
  12. Satunin (1905:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69039)
  13. Satunin (1906:143, 306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69040)
  14. Satunin (1908:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44143)
  15. Matschie (1910:362, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67837)
  16. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Hyaena orientalis

Tiedemann, 1808

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

  1. Voigt (1819:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Hiaena striata

Hemprich, 1820

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Hemprich (1820:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)

Hyena antiquorum

Temminck, 1820

Family

Hyaenidae

Root name

antiquorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1820:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69238)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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