Crocuta

genus of mammals in the family Hyaenidae
Taxon taxon Q10750855
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Crocuta

Summary

Crocuta is a taxon[1]. Crocuta ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (294 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crocuta's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Crocuta is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Crocuta belongs to the parent taxon Hyaenidae[5].
  • Crocuta belongs to the parent taxon Hyaeninae[6].
  • Crocuta's scientific name is Crocuta[7].
  • Crocuta's Commons category is recorded as Crocuta[8].
  • Crocuta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crocuta[9].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Plettet Hyæne'}[10].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Tüpfelhyäne'}[11].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted Hyena'}[12].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Hiena manchada'}[13].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Täplähyeena'}[14].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Hyène tachetée'}[15].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Iena maculata'}[16].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gevlekte hyena'}[17].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Flekkhyene'}[18].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Hiena malhada'}[19].
  • Crocuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ไฮยีน่าลายจุด'}[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Crocuta is Crocuta[7]. Crocuta is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Hyaenidae[5] and Hyaeninae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Plettet Hyæne'}[10], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Tüpfelhyäne'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted Hyena'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Hiena manchada'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Täplähyeena'}[14], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Hyène tachetée'}[15].

Identifiers

Crocuta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41885[21]. Crocuta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9677[22]. Crocuta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39395[23]. Crocuta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433504[24]. Crocuta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621798[25].

Why It Matters

Crocuta ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (294 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2] Crocuta has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Crocuta is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Futsuli · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Plettet Hyæne'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Tüpfelhyäne'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted Hyena'} +8
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1843]]: Hyène tachetée"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Crocuta
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of
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    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563410505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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