Artist Creator:J.M.K.
Description
Hyaena crocuta
Date 1842-1849
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De diergaarde en het Museum van het Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam
Old Latin name Hyaena crocuta
New Latin name Crocuta crocuta
Common name Nederlands: Gevlekte hyena
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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.