Hyena - Genera of The Hyaenidae (extinct and Recent)

Genera of The Hyaenidae (extinct and Recent)

The list follows McKenna and Bells Classification of Mammals for prehistoric genera (1997) and Wozencraft (2005) in Wilson and Reeders Mammal Species of the World for extant genera. The Percrocutids are, in contrast to McKenna and Bell's classification, not included as a subfamily into the Hyaenidae, but as the separate family Percrocutidae. Furthermore, the living brown hyena and its closest extinct relatives are not included in the genus Pachycrocuta, but in the genus Hyaena. The Protelinae (Aardwolves) are not treated as a separate subfamily, but included in the Hyaeninae.

• Family Hyaenidae
  • • †Tongxinictis (Middle Miocene of Asia)
  • †Subfamily Ictitheriinae
    • †Herpestides (Early Miocene of Africa and Eurasia)
    • †Plioviverrops (including Jordanictis, Protoviverrops, Mesoviverrops; Early Miocene to Early Pliocene of Europe, Late Miocene of Asia)
    • †Ictitherium (=Galeotherium; including Lepthyaena, Sinictitherium, Paraictitherium; Middle Miocene of Africa, Late Miocene to Early Pliocene of Eurasia)
    • †Thalassictis (including Palhyaena, Miohyaena, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaenalopex; Middle to Late Miocene of Asia, Late Miocene of Africa and Europe)
    • †Hyaenotherium (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene of Eurasia)
    • †Miohyaenotherium (Late Miocene of Europe)
    • †Lychyaena (Late Miocene of Eurasia)
    • †Tungurictis (Middle Miocene of Africa and Eurasia)
    • †Proictitherium (Middle Miocene of Africa and Asia, Middle to Late Miocene of Europe)
  • Subfamily Hyaeninae
    • †Palinhyaena (Late Miocene of Asia)
    • †Ikelohyaena (Early Pliocene of Africa)
    • Hyaena (=Euhyaena, =Hyena; including brown Hyena, Pliohyaena, Pliocrocuta, Anomalopithecus) Early Pliocene (?Middle Miocene) to Recent of Africa, Late Pliocene (?Late Miocene) to Late Pleistocene of Europe, Late Pliocene to recent in Asia
    • †Hyaenictis (Late Miocene of Asia?, Late Miocene of Europe, Early Pliocene (?Early Pleistocene) of Africa)
    • †Leecyaena (Late Miocene and/or Early Pliocene of Asia)
    • †Chasmaporthetes (=Ailuriaena; including Lycaenops, Euryboas; Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Eurasia, Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene of Africa, Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of North America)
    • †Pachycrocuta (Pliocene and Pleistocene of Eurasia and Africa)
    • †Adcrocuta (Late Miocene of Eurasia)
    • Crocuta (=Crocotta; including Eucrocuta; Late Pliocene to recent of Africa, Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene of Eurasia)
  • Subfamily Protelinae
    • Proteles (=Geocyon; Pleistocene to Recent of Africa)