aardwolf

Pronunciation key ( ärd′wulf )

aard•wolf

n.

[< D, earth wolf.].

South African earth wolf which is allied to hyenas and civets.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animals
Phylum	Chordata – chordates
Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrates
Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammals
Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
Order	Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 – carnivores
Suborder	Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores
Family	Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 – Hyenas
Genus	Proteles I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824
Species	Proteles cristata (Sparrman, 1783) – Aardwolf
Proteles cristata, (Sparrman, 1783), Taxonomic Serial No.: 726269

References

The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language ©1971

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