family Hyaenidae


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Related to family Hyaenidae: Hyaenas
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Noun1.family Hyaenidae - hyenas
Hyaenidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Carnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
hyaena, hyena - doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
genus Hyaena - type genus of the Hyaenidae
Crocuta, genus Crocuta - a genus of Hyaenidae
genus Proteles, Proteles - aardwolf
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Due to these considerations they have been placed in separate family Hyaenidae (Prater 1971).
Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) status and factors affecting its distribution in the Gir National Park and Sanctuary, India
Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 Genus ADCROCUTA Kretzoi, 1938 Species A.
The percrocutids were referred for a long time to family Hyaenidae but Werdelin and Solounias (1991) distinguished them as a separate family Percrocutidae.
Late Miocene Hyaenids from the Middle Siwaliks of Pakistan

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