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Crocuta

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Noun1.CrocutaCrocuta - a genus of Hyaenidae                
genus Crocuta
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae - hyenas
Crocuta crocuta, laughing hyena, spotted hyena - African hyena noted for its distinctive howl


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One study proposes this mechanism for rabies in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta, Carnivora: Hyaenidae), on the basis of rabies virus RNA detected in saliva of healthy hyenas by polymerase chain reaction, although virus isolation, arguably the more important test, was unsuccessful from these samples (37).
Canine rabies ecology in Southern Africa by Bingham, John / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Among living species, the hyena-especially Crocuta crocuta, the spotted hyena -- best manifests the characteristics of an animal adapted to opening bones.
A question of crushers: why animals throughout history have developed ... by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
Considering coincidence of generic distributions with only Marburg hemorrhagic fever occurrences (Table 2), an initial list included 63 genera; 22 of these were omitted because their species had a large body size or were primates (Perodicticus, Galago, Gorilla, Leptailurus, Atilax, Dologale, Mungos, Crocuta, Lutra, Civettictis, Ceratotherium, Owcteropus, Pommochoerus, Litocranius, Taurotragus, Tragelaphus, Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, Oryx, Kobus, Redunca, Manis).
Potential mammalian filovirus reservoirs by Johnson, Karl M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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