AARDWOLF

ärdˈwoolf, carnivore of the hyena family. The aardwolf, Proteles cristatus, resembles the true hyena but is smaller and more delicate. It has less powerful teeth and jaws and five instead of four toes on its forepaws. The coat of the aardwolf is yellow-white with dark stripes; a ridge of hair extends down its sloping back. It is a nocturnal, burrowing animal, inhabiting sandy plain and scrub from South Africa to Angola and Somaliland. A shy animal, it feeds on small animals and insects, especially termites, and defends itself by emitting a foul-smelling fluid from anal scent glands. A litter may include as many as six cubs, but two to four is typical; gestation is around 59–61 days. Aardwolves are solitary, but several females with cubs may share a burrow. In captivity they have been known to live as long as 13 years. Aardwolves are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Hyaenidae.

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books on: Aardwolf  - 20 results

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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 1
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
AARDWOLF A young female aardwolf. Due to their striking resemblance to hyenas, aardwolves are mistakenly persecuted by humans. HE AARDWOLF is A member of the hyena family, but differs from the true hyenas in that it has five instead of four...
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War of Numbers: An Intelligence Memoir
Book by Sam Adams; Steerforth Press, 1994
Subjects: Adams, Sam--1933-1988, United States--Central Intelligence Agency--Officials And Employees--Biography, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Secret Service--United States
...from the Congo desks built-in safe drawer the Leopoldville Stations latest aardwolf on the Congos prospects; the prospects were grim, the aardwolf said "aardwolf" being the agencys code word for a think piece from the field. And finally...
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The Hedonics of Taste
Book by Robert C. Bolles; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991
Subjects: Food Habits--Psychological Aspects, Hedonism, Taste
...ecological niche and sensory worlds. In this regard, the aardwolf Proteles cristatus is almost unique Richardson, 1987a, 1987b...predators, vertebrate and invertebrate alike. In contrast, the aardwolf has evolved a series of anatomical and perhaps sensory adaptations...
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Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors
Book by Phillip T. Robinson; Columbia University Press, 2004
Subjects: Zoos
...hospital were concerned because a small African carni- vore, an aardwolf, had not eaten since her arrival. We weighed the animal to...animal ward, and in the subdued light I witnessed our little aardwolf chasing cockroaches and swallowing them like bits of popcorn...
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Evolution and Genetics: The Modern Theory of Evolution
Book by David J. Merrell, Olivia Jensen Ingersoll; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962
Subjects: Evolution (Biology), Genetics
...primitive bees, termites, and butterflies. In Africa, "primitive" primates such as the lemurs, and other species such as the aardwolf and the chevrotain still exist. Each of the three areas has a genus of the lungfish. This concentration of primitive
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The Magicality of the Hyena: Beliefs and Practices in West and South Asia
Journal article by Jurgen W. Frembgen; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 57, 1999
Subjects: Asia--Folklore, legends, etc., Hyenas--Folklore, legends, etc., Love--Folklore, legends, etc., Magic--Folklore, legends, etc., Occultism--Analysis, South Asia--Folklore, legends, etc.
...Hyaena hyaena), the brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea), and the aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) (MILLS and HOFER n.d.). Whereas the distribution of the spotted hyena, the brown hyena, and the aardwolf is confined to Africa south of the Sahara, the striped hyena...
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The Spotted Hyena from Aristotle to the Lion King: Reputation is Everything
Journal article by Stephen E. Glickman, A. Platt; Social Research, Vol. 62, 1995
Subjects: Social Sciences
...brown hyenas ( Parahyaena brunnea ), spotted hyenas ( Crocuta crocuta ), and a small, termite-eating animal, the aardwolf ( Proteles cristatus ). As we shall see, the public image of hyenas has largely been created on the basis of real, exaggerated...


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Adventures in Beekeeping
Magazine article by Susan M. Brackney; Plenty, February 2006
...make it nearly impossible to keep bees. Others, including Minneapolis and New York City-which lumps honeybees in with the aardwolf, assorted venomous spiders, dingoes, and other prohibited wild animals in its municipal health code-outlaw it altogether...
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Hyenas: Scavengers of the Savanna
Magazine article by Derek Slattery; PSA Journal, Vol. 71, March 2005
Subjects: Animal photography--Methods, Hyenas--Evaluation, Photography of animals--Methods
...Ngama Hills; the Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea) who are shy and purely nocturnal and live in areas of dry savanna; and the Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) which is confined only to Africa. This latter is small and has very weak, widely spaced teeth, and...
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Key to the Carnivores
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 103, April 1994
Subjects: Evolution, Paleontology, Teeth
...adapted to an otterlike life in streams. None have evolved that are comparable to seals or walruses. But two species, the aardwolf of Africa (an ant-eating hyena) and the falanouc of Madagascar (a civet), have become specialists in feeding on insects...


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Sticky Bud, the Meerkat beyond Compare; Wendy Gomersall Falls for the Kool Kats of the Kalahari (Even the Cocky One Who Thinks She's a Termite Mound); We Spotted Helicopter Birds, Hyenas, Lions, a Rare Aardwolf.And 'Wannabeasts' by the Score
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 6, 2009
Subjects: Aircraft, Deserts, Flying-machines
...Mound); We Spotted Helicopter Birds, Hyenas, Lions, a Rare Aardwolf.And Wannabeasts by the Score. Byline: Wendy Gomersall THE...wildebeests. You might spot a lion or brown hyena; we found a rare aardwolf on one drive, as well as numerous wannabeasts - distant trees...
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Sticky Bud, the Meerkat beyond Compare; Wendy Gomersall Falls for the Kool Kats of the Kalahari (Even the Cocky One Who Thinks She Is a Termite Mound); We Spotted Helicopter Birds, Hyenas, Lions, a Rare Aardwolf.And 'Wannabeasts' by the Score
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 6, 2009
Subjects: Aircraft, Deserts, Flying-machines
...Mound); We Spotted Helicopter Birds, Hyenas, Lions, a Rare Aardwolf.And Wannabeasts by the Score. Byline: Wendy Gomersall The...wildebeest. You might spot a lion or brown hyena; we found a rare aardwolf on one drive, as well as numerous wannabeasts - distant trees...
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Racing: ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE; Tony and His Grey Are Showstoppers
Newspaper article by Charles Fawcus; The Mirror (London, England), November 22, 1997
...Bradley at Aintree, Dean Gallagher gets a winning chance on AARDWOLF in the Gardner Merchant Chase at 1.20. Dean knows this horse well having won on him over hurdles and Aardwolf was going along in front when he fell in his comeback race at...
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Monk Can Find Winning Habit!; GREY IS READY FOR SHOT OF JAMESON
Newspaper article by Larry Lynx; The People (London, England), March 30, 1997
...353 ST MELLION FAIRWAY (26) D Nicholson 8 10 3 - 10 -113P33 AARDWOLF (12) (BF) C Brooks 6 10 1 - 11 2F0/1-3 COQ HARDI AFFAIR...1 Lord Singapore, 12-1 Giventime, Sister Stephanie, 14-1 Aardwolf, Amble Speedy.
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Gordon's Man to Stay King
Newspaper article by Garry Owen; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 26, 1996
...Indians four years ago and rates todays representative a pacier sort. Aardwolf will certainly make a race of it. Owned by High Society columnist Nigel Dempster, Aardwolf is on a hat trick after pipping Major Summit in a Sandown thriller last...
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encyclopedia articles on: Aardwolf  - 3 results

 
 
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Aardwolf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AARDWOLF ard woolf, carnivore of the hyena family. The aardwolf, Proteles cristatus, resembles...forepaws. The coat of the aardwolf is yellow-white with dark...gestation is around 59 61 days. Aardwolves are solitary, but several...
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Hyena
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...solitary in their habits. The former is grayish brown with darker stripes; the latter is dark brown over most of the body. The aardwolf is the fourth member of the hyena family. Hyenas are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia...
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Wolf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...stiltlike legs and an erectile mane on the neck. Strand wolf is a name for the brown hyena (not a canine) of Africa. The aardwolf is also a member of the hyena family. The Gray Wolf The most widespread is the gray wolf, C. lupus, of circumpolar distribution...


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