After Mckenna & Bell, 1997, and Morales & Pickford, 2006
<==o †Percrocutidae Werdelin & Solounias, 1991 [Hyaenidae: Percrocutinae Tedford in McKenna & Bell, 1997] |?-o †Africanictis; L.Mioc. WSAf. | |-- †A. meini Morales et al., 1998 | `-- †A. schmidtkittleri Morales et al., 1998 |-- †Allohyaena Kretzoi [Allohyaena Kretzoi in Kadic & Kretzoi, 1930 (nomen nudum); Xenohyaena Kretzoi, 1938]: M.Mioc. WAs., M.-U.Mioc. EEu. |-- †Belbus Werdelin & Solounias, 1991 |--o †Dinocrocuta Schmidt-Kittler, 1976 [Percrocuta (Dinocrocuta) Schmidt-Kittler, 1976; Allohyaena (Dinocrocuta)] | |-- †D. senyureki [=? Hiperhyaena senyureki] | |-- †D. salonicae [=? Hiperhyaena salonicae] | `-- †D. algeriensis [=? Hiperhyeana algeriensis] `--o †Percrocuta Kretzoi, 1938 [taxonomic history] |-- †P. carnifex (Pilgrim, 1913) |-- †P. leakeyi (Howell & Petter, 1985) [taxonomic history] |-- †P. gigantea (Soria, 1980) |-- †P. tobieni |-- †P. abessalomi |-- †P. tungurensis |-- †P. miocenica `-- †P. grandis
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