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{{Short description|Genus of mammals}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|3.8|0}} <small>[[Pliocene]] - [[Holocene|Present]]</small> | image = Crocuta crocuta sideview.jpg | image_caption = [[Spotted hyena]] ''(Crocuta crocuta)'' | taxon = Crocuta | authority = [[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]], 1828 | type_species = ''[[Crocuta crocuta|Hyaena crocuta]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]], 1777 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''[[Crocuta crocuta]]'' *β ''[[Crocuta dietrichi]]'' *β ''[[Crocuta eturono]]'' *β ''[[Crocuta honanensis]]'' *β ''[[Crocuta spelaea]]''? *β ''[[Cave hyena|Crocuta ultima]]''? *β ''[[Crocuta ultra]]'' *β ''[[Crocuta venustula]]'' }} '''''Crocuta''''' is a [[genus]] of [[hyena]] containing the largest extant member of the [[Family (biology)|family]], the [[spotted hyena]] ''(Crocuta crocuta)''. Several [[fossil]] [[species]] are also known, with the Pleistocene Eurasian [[Cave hyena|cave hyenas]] either being regarded as distinct species or subspecies of the spotted hyena.
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