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Hyaena brunnea makapani Toerien, 1952:293

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Hyaena makapani Toerien, 1952:293; Parahyaena brunnea makapani Toerien, 1952:293

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

South Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Type locality: Makapansgat, Transvaal.

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Toerien, M. J. (1952). The fossil hyenas of the Makapansgat Valley. South African Journal of Science 48: 293-300.

 

Other references:

Boshoff, P. (2003). A New Specimen of Hyaena makapani (Carnivora: Hyaenidae) from the Plio/Pleistocene Fossil Locality of Bolts Farm. Vicinity Sterkfontein (District Krugersdorp) Gauteng. Unpublished BSc Honours project Report, University of Witwatersrand.

Mills, M.G.L. and Hofer, H. (compilers). (1998). Hyaenas. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Hyaena Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vi + 154 pp.

Werdelin, Lars and Lewis, Margaret E. (2005). Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144(2): 121-144. [Abstract]

 

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