- The
aardwolf (
Proteles cristatus) is an
insectivorous hyaenid species,
native to East and
Southern Africa. Its name
means "earth-wolf" in
Afrikaans and...
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Proteles is a
genus of
distinctive hyenas which contain the
aardwolf (
Proteles cristatus) and its
close fossil relatives. It is the only
extant genus of...
- of
Vertebrate Paleontology in
March 2000. The new
species was
named S.
proteles, and the
holotype is OMNH 53062. It
garnered immediate media attention...
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recently as 1.5
million years ago.
Proteles amplidentus has
additionally been
found in the
Kromdraai fossil site.
Proteles amplidentus was
similar to the...
-
closely related to the
extant Proteles genus which contains the aardwolf, but
Gansuyaena was not a
likely ancestor of
Proteles.
Gansuyaena may have been a...
- (Parahyaena brunnea), the
spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), and the
aardwolf (
Proteles cristata). The
aardwolf can
trace its
lineage directly back to Plioviverrops...
- Texas:
There is no
state fossil though the
state dinosaur is
Sauroposeidon proteles. List of U.S.
state dinosaurs List of U.S.
state minerals, rocks, and gemstones...
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Proteles Aardwolf (P. cristata)
Hyaeninae (bone-crushing hyenas)...
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Proteles Aardwolf (P. cristata)
Hyaeninae (bone-crushing hyenas)...
- Canidæ Or
Genus Canis of Authors.
Including Also the
Genera Hyæna and
Proteles. W.H. Lizars, ... S. Highley, ... London; and W. Curry, jun. and Company...
