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