Proteles cristata

Proteles cristata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Hyaenidae
Subfamilia: Protelinae
Genus: Proteles
Species: Proteles cristata

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))

Synonyms

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

References

• Proteles cristata in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Resa Goda-Hopps-Udden., I. 1: 581.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Erdwolf
eesti: Tsiibethüään
English: Aardwolf
español: Lobo de tierra
한국어: 아드울프
עברית: צבועון הרעמה

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