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cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea)
Subject: cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea)
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British Pleistocene Mammalia (1866) Cave Hyena Skull 2.png
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cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea)


Pleistocene cave hyena skull from Wookey Hole, now in Taunton Museum
Date 1866
Source A monograph of the British pleistocene mammalia
Author William Boyd Dawkins, Sir, 1838-1929; et. al.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Pleistocene_Mammalia_(1866)_Cave_Hyena_Skull_2.png

The cave hyena or Ice Age spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea) was a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena which ranged from the Iberian Peninsula to eastern Siberia. It is one of the best known mammals of the Ice Age and is well represented in many European bone caves.

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