Proteles cristata

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Feliformia
Familia: Hyaenidae
Subfamilia: Protelinae
Genus: Proteles
Species: Proteles cristata

[edit] Name

Proteles cristata (Sparrman, 1783)

Type locality: Agter-Bruntjes hoogte...which takes in the upper part of Kleine Visch-rivier, and is seperated from Camdebo by Brunjes hoogtens (Near Little Fish River, Somerset East, Cape Colony, South Africa (G.M. Allen, 1939))

[edit] Synonyms

• Proteles cristatus (Sparrman, 1783)
• Proteles cristatus septentrionalis Rothschild, 1902
• Proteles lalandii I. Geoffroy, 1824
• Viverra cristata Sparrman, 1783

[edit] References

• Proteles cristata on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Resa Goda-Hopps-Udden., I. 1: 581.

[edit] Vernacular names

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