Crocuta

genus of mammals in the family Hyaenidae
Taxon taxon Q10750855
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Summary

Crocuta is a taxon[1]. Crocuta ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Hyaenidae[4], Hyaeninae[5]
  • Taxon name: Crocuta[6]
  • Commons category: Crocuta[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Crocuta[8]
  • Taxon common name: Plettet Hyæne[9], Tüpfelhyäne[10], Spotted Hyena[11], Hiena manchada[12], Täplähyeena[13], Iena maculata[14], Gevlekte hyena[15], Flekkhyene[16], Hiena malhada[17], ไฮยีน่าลายจุด[18], Crocotte[19]

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Identifiers

Crocuta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41885[20]. Crocuta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9677[21]. Crocuta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39395[22]. Crocuta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433504[23]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 621798[24] and 651244[25].

Why It Matters

Crocuta has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Crocuta is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Q140412057. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 621798, 651244
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'avk', 'ca', 'en', 'fr', 'gl', 'hu', 'oc', 'pl', 'ru', 'sk', 'species', '
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Plettet Hyæne'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Tüpfelhyäne'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted Hyena'} +8
    Interlingual index id → i46571
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02120424-n
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  3. 14w 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| */ Taxon common name: Hyène tachetée"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Crocuta
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563410505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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