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Definition of Proteles

Proteles
Proteles Pro"te*les, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A South Africa genus of Carnivora, allied to the hyenas, but smaller and having weaker jaws and teeth. It includes the aard-wolf.

Meaning of Proteles from wikipedia

- The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and...
- 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...
- Proteles amplidentus is an extinct species of hyena closely related to the aardwolf. It lived during the Plio-Pleistocene in South Africa, where fossils...
- (Parahyaena brunnea), the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), and the aardwolf (Proteles cristata). The aardwolf can trace its lineage directly back to Plioviverrops...
- Proteles Aardwolf (P. cristata) Hyaeninae (bone-crushing hyenas)...
- 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...
- dentition is heterodont, though in some species, such as the aardwolf (Proteles cristata), the teeth have been greatly reduced and the ch**** teeth are...
- 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...