Parahyaena

Parahyaena; Temporal range: 4.0–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Pliocene - Present
	Brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Subfamily:	Hyaeninae
Genus:	Parahyaena; Hendey, 1974
Type species
	Hyaena brunnea; Thunberg, 1820
Species
	Parahyaena brunnea; Thunberg, 1820; †Parahyaena howelli; Werdelin, 2003;

Parahyaena is a genus of hyenas that contains the extant brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea). Parahyaena howelli, an early member of this genus, has been dated to approximately 4 million years ago.^[1]

Taxonomy

Pérez-Claros (2024) argued that Parahyaena and Pachycrocuta were synonymous, and that Pliocrocuta perrieri and "Hyaena" prisca should be included under Pachycrocuta.^[1] A later study by Martínez-Navarro et al. (2005) regarded Parahyaena and Pliocrocuta as distinct from Pachycrocuta.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio (2024). "Unravelling the origin of the brown hyena (Parahyena brunnea) and its evolutionary and paleoecological implications for the Pachycrocuta lineage". Palaeontologia Electronica: 27.1.a18. doi:10.26879/1372.
^ Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio; Lordkipanidze, David; Rook, Lorenzo. "The giant short-faced hyaena from Dmanisi: taxonomy and palaeobiology" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 64 (1): 107–131. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.07. ISSN 0375-7633.

[:0-1] Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio (2024). "Unravelling the origin of the brown hyena (Parahyena brunnea) and its evolutionary and paleoecological implications for the Pachycrocuta lineage". Palaeontologia Electronica: 27.1.a18. doi:10.26879/1372.

[2] Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio; Lordkipanidze, David; Rook, Lorenzo. "The giant short-faced hyaena from Dmanisi: taxonomy and palaeobiology" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 64 (1): 107–131. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.07. ISSN 0375-7633.

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