Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777

(Figs 190-196)

Canis crocuta Erxleben, 1777: 578 .

COMMON NAME. — Spotted Hyena.

CURRENT NAME. — Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) .

See Wozencraft (2005: 572), and Holekamp & Koloski (2009: 254).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

COMMENTS. — One animal collected and taken alive back to France on board Le Géographe under the name of “ Hyène mouchetée ”, which refers to Crocuta crocuta (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804c: 171; Leyden & Murray 1821: 290; Girard 1856: 96).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80156 (Fig. 190; colour illustration of two animals), Inv. no. 80155 and 80154 (Figs 191; 192; sketches of two animals), Inv. no. 80150 (Fig. 193; sketch of animal eating), Inv. no. 80151 and 80152 (Figs 194-195; sketch of head), and Inv. no. 80153 (Fig. 196; partial skeleton of animal).