Virginia Hayssen, Paula Noonan
Mammalian Species 53 (1000), 1-22, (12 May 2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/seab002
KEYWORDS: canid, carnivore, sexual dimorphism, spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777), the spotted hyena, is a large, widespread, terrestrial carnivore with a female-dominant social system. It ranges from about 17°N to 28°S and lives in diverse habitats from savannas to swamps (but not rain forests) and up to 4,000 m in elevation. As assessed in 2014, C. crocuta is listed as “Least Concern” (LC) by The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Species version 2016.1.