Aardwolf
The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called "maanhaar jackal" (Afrikaans for "mane jackal") or civet hyena, based on the secretions from their anal glands, reminiscent of civets. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyenas. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects, mainly termites – one aardwolf can eat about 250,000 termites during a single night, using its long, sticky tongue to capture them. The aardwolf lives in the shrublands of eastern and southern Africa – open lands covered with stunted trees and shrubs. It is nocturnal, resting in burrows during the day and emerging at night to se
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Aardwolf
The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called "maanhaar jackal" (Afrikaans for "mane jackal") or civet hyena, based on the secretions from their anal glands, reminiscent of civets. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyenas. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects, mainly termites – one aardwolf can eat about 250,000 termites during a single night, using its long, sticky tongue to capture them. The aardwolf lives in the shrublands of eastern and southern Africa – open lands covered with stunted trees and shrubs. It is nocturnal, resting in burrows during the day and emerging at night to se
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De aardwolf (Proteles cristatu ...... rt ook met aardwolf aangeduid.
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Der Erdwolf (Proteles cristata ...... nicht zu den bedrohten Arten.
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El lobo de tierra o proteles ( ...... pía, Sudán y el sur de Egipto.
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Il protele (Proteles cristata ...... Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824.
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O protelo (Proteles cristatus) ...... ou urso-formigueiro-africano.
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Protel, protel grzywiasty, hie ...... zedstawiciel rodzaju Proteles.
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Proteles crisdetata Proteles c ...... de la sous-famille Protelinae.
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The aardwolf (Proteles cristat ...... of termites and insect larvae.
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Земляной волк (лат. Proteles c ...... его привычку обитать в норах.
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ذِئْبُ الأرْضِ أو العِسْبَار أ ...... ها أصغر حجما وأشكالها مخروطية.
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Sparrman, 1783
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Pleistocene – recent
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14,000,689
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An aardwolf in Namib-Nord, Namibia
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I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824
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Proteles cristata
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De aardwolf (Proteles cristatu ...... rt ook met aardwolf aangeduid.
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Der Erdwolf (Proteles cristata ...... enlebt. Der Erdwolf zählt nich
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El lobo de tierra o proteles ( ...... pía, Sudán y el sur de Egipto.
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Il protele (Proteles cristata ...... Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824.
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O protelo (Proteles cristatus) ...... ou urso-formigueiro-africano.
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Protel, protel grzywiasty, hie ...... zedstawiciel rodzaju Proteles.
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Proteles crisdetata Proteles c ...... de la sous-famille Protelinae.
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The aardwolf (Proteles cristat ...... ay and emerging at night to se
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Земляной волк (лат. Proteles c ...... его привычку обитать в норах.
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ذِئْبُ الأرْضِ أو العِسْبَار أ ...... ها أصغر حجما وأشكالها مخروطية.
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Aardwolf
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Aardwolf
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Erdwolf
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Lobo-da-terra
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Protel
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Proteles cristata
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Proteles cristatus
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Protèle
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Землян��й волк
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ذئب الأرض
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