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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 Unpublished BSc Honours project Report, University of Witwatersrand.

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

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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