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Proteles lalandii, Print, The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is an 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"), "ant hyena" or civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf doesn't hunt large animals. It eats insects and their larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as many as 250, 000 termites during a single night using its long, sticky tongue., 1700-1880.

Proteles lalandii, Print, The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is an 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"), "ant hyena" or civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf doesn't hunt large animals. It eats insects and their larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as many as 250, 000 termites during a single night using its long, sticky tongue., 1700-1880.
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Caption: Proteles lalandii, Print, The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is an 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"), "ant hyena" or civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf doesn't hunt large animals. It eats insects and their larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as many as 250, 000 termites during a single night using its long, sticky tongue., 1700-1880
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Image size: 3674 × 4694 px | 49.3 MB
Print size: 31.1 × 39.7 cm | 1446.5 × 1848.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: AARDWOLF • AFRIKAANS • DUTCH • EAST • INDÍGENA • INDIGENAS • INDIGÈNE • INDIGENOUS PEOPLE • INDIGENOUS • INSECTIVOROUS MAMMAL • MAANHAAR-JACKAL • MANE-JACKAL • NAME MEANS EARTH-WOLF • NATIVE • NATIVES • NETHERLANDISH • ORIENT • PRINT • PROTELES CRISTATA • PROTELES LALANDII • SOUTHERN AFRICA