Published December 31, 1758 | Version v1
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Canis hyaena Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

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Canis hyaena [spec. nov.]

C. cauda recta annulata, pilis cervicis erectis, auriculis nudis. Syst. nat. 5.

Lupus marinus. Bellon. aquat. 33. t. 34. Jonst. quadr. t. 57. Gesn. quadr. 674.

Taxus porcinus s. Hyaena veterum. Kaemph. amoen. 411. t. 407. f. 4.

Habitat in India.

Magnitudo Suis, Pili dorsi subspithamaei, erecti, apicibus nigris. Oculi rostro propinquiores. Auriculae nudae. Cauda annulis nigricantibus verticillata; crura annulis nigris variegata. Striae corporis fuscae & nigrae, transversales, a dorso ad ventrem ductae.

Excavat terram degitque in antris, diutius sine cibo vivit, in humana cadavera saevit, quae e tumulis effodit, coemiteriis infesta.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 40, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Canidae
Genus
Canis
Species
hyaena
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Canis hyaena Linnaeus, 1758