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| Query: Hyaena crocuta | Result: 6th of 49 | |
spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
| Subject: | spotted hyena, laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
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Upload Date: 2017:04:11 12:19:52
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Artist
Creator:P.J. Rommel
Creator:Denvasme-Pletinckx
Description
Hyaena crocuta
Date 1700-1880
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_IZ22200081.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. |
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