Proteles cristata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Herpestoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Parvordo: Viverroidea Superfamilia: Herpestoidea

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 separated from Camdebo by Brunjes hoogtens (Near Little Fish River, Somerset East, Cape Colony, South Africa (G.M. Allen, 1939))

Synonyms

Viverra cristata Sparrman, 1783
Proteles cristatus: Sparrman, 1783
Proteles lalandii I. Geoffroy, 1824
Proteles cristatus septentrionalis Rothschild, 1902

References

Proteles cristata in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Resa Goda-Hopps-Udden., I. 1: 581.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Erdwóif
беларуская: Воўк земляны
Deutsch: Erdwolf
English: Aardwolf
español: Lobo de tierra
eesti: Tsiibethüään
français: Protèle
עברית: צבועון הרעמה
日本語: アードウルフ
한국어: 아드울프
polski: Protel, protel grzywiasty, hiena grzywiasta