Spotted Hyaena – Crocuta crocuta
Brown Hyaena – Hyaena brunnea
Striped Hyaena – Hyaena hyaena.
SPOTTED HYENA CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, civets, mongooses, hyenas)
Suborder: Feliformia (cat-like carnivores)
Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas)
Genus: Crocuta
Species: Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) – spotted hyena
BROWN HYENA CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, civets, mongooses, hyenas)
Suborder: Feliformia (cat-like carnivores)
Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas)
Genus: Hyaena
Species: Hyaena brunnea (Thunberg, 1820) – brown hyena
STRIPED HYENA CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, civets, mongooses, hyenas)
Suborder: Feliformia (cat-like carnivores)
Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas)
Genus: Hyaena
Species: Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus, 1758) – striped hyena
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