living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Status: extant
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
  Status: extant
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    Status: extant
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
      Status: extant
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
        Status: extant
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
          Status: extant
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
            Status: extant
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
              Status: extant
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                Status: extant
                   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                  Status: extant
                     Suborder Feliforma see Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
                    Status: extant
                       Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas
                      Status: extant
                         Subfamily Hyaeninae Gray, 1821
                        Status: extant
                           Genus Crocuta Kaup, 1828 - spotted hyena
                          Status: extant
                             Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) - spotted hyena
                            Status: extant