Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regn. Anim., p. 578.
TYPE LOCALITY: Senegambia .
DISTRIBUTION: S. and E. Africa, west to Senegal.
COMMENT: Subspecies reviewed by Matthews, 1939, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1939:237-260. Type locality restricted by Cabrera, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911:95.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301412006001001001.