Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:40 . TYPE LOCALITY: S. Iran , Laristan, Benna Mtns . DISTRIBUTION: N. and E. Africa south to Tanzania ; Asia Minor to Arabia; Iran ; Transcaucasia; Turkmenia ( U.S. S. R.); India ; Nepal . COMMENT: Type locality restricted by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911: 134. Reviewed by Rieger, 1981 , Mamm. Species, 150: 105. PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as H. h. barbara subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412006002002001.