Biology:Parahyaena
Parahyaena is a genus of hyenas that contains the extant brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea). Parahyaena howelli, an early member of this genus, has been dated to approximately 4 million years ago.[1]
Taxonomy
Pérez-Claros (2024) argued that Parahyaena and Pachycrocuta were synonymous, and that Pliocrocuta perrieri and "Hyaena" prisca should be included under Pachycrocuta.[1] A later study by Martínez-Navarro et al. (2025) regarded Parahyaena and Pliocrocuta as distinct from Pachycrocuta.[2]
Conservation status
With an estimated population of 8,000 individuals, the brown hyena is considered near threatened on the IUCN red list.[3] The brown hyena is mainly threatened by the increase of agriculture in non-protective areas throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio (2024). "Unravelling the origin of the brown hyena (Parahyena brunnea) and its evolutionary and paleoecological implications for the Pachycrocuta lineage". Palaeontologia Electronica: 27.1.a18. doi:10.26879/1372.
- ↑ Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio; Lordkipanidze, David; Rook, Lorenzo (2025). "The giant short-faced hyaena from Dmanisi: taxonomy and palaeobiology". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 64 (1): 107–131. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.07. ISSN 0375-7633. https://flore.unifi.it/bitstream/2158/1422034/1/10_Martinez-Navarro%20et%20al_2025.pdf.
- ↑ IUCN (2014-10-03) (in en). Parahyaena brunnea: Wiesel, I.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T10276A82344448 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2015-4.rlts.t10276a82344448.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10276/82344448.
- ↑ Kent, Vivien T.; Hill, Russell A. (July 2013). "The importance of farmland for the conservation of the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea" (in en). Oryx 47 (3): 431–440. doi:10.1017/S0030605312001007. ISSN 0030-6053. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0030605312001007/type/journal_article.
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