Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Mammalia [classis]
Carnivora [ordo]
Hyaenidae [familia]
Hyaena [genus]
Genus Hyaena contains the following taxa:
Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]
Hyaena perrieri Croizet & Jobert, 1828 [species]