Proteles cristata

Proteles cristata

Taxonavigation

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

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Erdwolf
Eesti: Tsiibethüään
English: Aardwolf
Español: Lobo de tierra
한국어: 아드울프

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