Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Mammalia [classis]
Carnivora [ordo]
Hyaenidae [familia]
Crocuta [genus]
Crocuta crocuta [species]
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben, 1777 contains the following taxa:
Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss, 1823 [subspecies]