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Definition of Genus hyaena
1. Noun. Type genus of the Hyaenidae.
Group relationships: Family Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae
Member holonyms: Hyaena Hyaena, Striped Hyena, Brown Hyena, Hyaena Brunnea, Strand Wolf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hyaena
Literary usage of Genus hyaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The genus Hyaena itself goes back as far as to the Miocene, and occurred in Europe
until the Pleistocene. The Cave Hyaena of this country seems to be ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1839)
"If H differed from the dog, it differed more from the fox and wolf; and he
pro- )x>sed to refer it to the. genus hyaena, or, if this could not be admitted, ..."
3. Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools by Illinois Education Association (1865)
"... in a class by themselves;" and in making it a Canis the author places himself
a century behind the nge, the genus Hyaena having been founded in 1756. 7. ..."
4. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1840)
"... which in character resemble those of no Canis, that we find different naturalists
of eminence including them in the distinct genus Hyaena. ..."
5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"... de 1'hyene rayee ou bien si on doit la regarder comme une espece distinct/'
Two species of the genus Hyaena inhabit the more southern parts of Africa, ..."
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