spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Query: Hyaena hyaena

Result: 25^th of 118

Subject:	spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
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Hyaena crocuta - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ22200079.jpg

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spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Hyaena crocuta
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Hyaena crocuta
New Latin name Crocuta crocuta
Common name Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyaena_crocuta_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ22200079.tif

The spotted hyena or laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is a species of hyena, currently classed as the sole member of the genus Crocuta, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Its current distribution is patchy in many places, especially in West Africa. There is a continuous distribution over large areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and the Transvaal Lowveld areas of South Africa.

Hyaena hyaena
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