Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Parahyaena Hendey, 1974 . Ann. S. Afr. Mus ., 63: 149 . TYPE SPECIES: Hyaena brunnea Thunberg, 1820 . COMMENTS: Some have considered Hyaena to include brunnea , however, this would be a paraphyletic group among extant ( Werdelin and Solounias, 1991 ) and/or fossil taxa ( Galiano and Frailey, 1977 ; Hendey, 1974 ).