Images attached to GBIF records (field photographs), from . Open licences; click for the record.
Brown Hyena
Hyaena brunnea Thunberg, 1820
First described in: K. Svenska Vet.-Acad. Handl. Stockholm p.59
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: U. S. ESA – Endangered as Parahyaena (= Hyaena) brunnea; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Order Carnivora
discussion
Discussion: Reviewed by Mills (1982). See comments under genus for inclusion of brunnea under Hyaena. Pocock (1934 c) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) argued that neither morphological nor molecular studies have supported the recognition of subspecies at present. Synonyms according to Jenks and Werdelin (1998).
Order Carnivora
distribution
Distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Order Carnivora
materials_examined
Type Locality: " Goda Hopps Udden; Södra Afrika " [South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope].
Order Carnivora
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Hyaena brunnea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218780.