Crocuta | |
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Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Hyaenidae |
Subfamily: | Hyaeninae |
Genus: | Crocuta Kaup, 1828 |
Type species | |
Hyaena crocuta Erxleben, 1777
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Species | |
Crocuta is a genus of hyena containing the largest extant member of the family, the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Several fossil species are known as well.