Crocuta Erxleben 1777 (spotted hyaena)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 45364
Alternative spellings: Crocotta, Hyaena (Crocotta)
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to K.-P. Koepfli et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ictitherium, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Thalassictis, Tungurictis
Subtaxa: Crocuta crocuta, Crocuta dbaa, Crocuta macrodonta, Crocuta sivalensis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore