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Proteles cristatus (Aardwolf)

maanhaarjakkals, erdwolf [Afrikaans]; Erdwolf [German]; protčle [French]; fisi ya nkole [Swahili]; inthuhu, isanci [isiNdebele]; ingci, inchi, inyongci [isiXhosa]; sethukhu [Sepedi]; thikhoi, thikgwi [Sesotho]; thukhwi, thukgwi, thukhu, thukwi, thukwe, thokwę, mmabudu, kgarangwę, kgwereme [Setswana]; mwena [Shona]; ingci, singci [siSwati]; xithugu [Xitsonga]; tshivhingwi [Tshivenda]; isinci, isanci, mutosi [Lozi]; unshushii [Yei]; Gīb [Damara, Nama]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Ferae > Carnivora > Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas) > Subfamily: Protelinae

Proteles cristatus (Aardwolf) Proteles cristatus (Aardwolf)

Proteles cristatus (Aardwolf), Murraysburg, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Proteles cristatus (Aardwolf), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]