Artist Dionys van Nijmegen (1705–1798)  
Creator:Tringham
Description
Hyaena crocuta
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Buffon XV pl. XXXVIII (suppl. t. IV p. 101 pl. XLIV)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyaena_crocuta_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ22200085.tif

The spotted hyena or laughing hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is a species of hyena, currently classed as the sole member of the genus Crocuta, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Its current distribution is patchy in many places, especially in West Africa. There is a continuous distribution over large areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and the Transvaal Lowveld areas of South Africa.