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  - 14 results

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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
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Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics
Book by Roland Wilbur Brown; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1956
Subjects: English Language--Foreign Elements--Greek, English Language--Foreign Elements--Latin, English Language--Word Formation--Glossaries, Vocabularies, Etc, Science--Terminology
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Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa
Book by Meave G. Leakey, John M. Harris; Columbia University Press, 2003
Subjects: Animals, Fossil--Kenya--Lothagam Site, Lothagam Site (Kenya), Paleontology--Miocene, Vertebrates, Fossil--Kenya--Lothagam Site
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Reading I've Liked: A Personal Selection Drawn from Two Decades of Reading and Reviewing
Book by Clifton Fadiman; Simon and Schuster, 1941
Subjects: Literature--Collections
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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...
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"Keeping the Enemy at Bay": the Extermination of Wild Carnivora in the Cape Colony, 1889-1910
Journal article by Lance Van Sittert; Environmental History, Vol. 3, 1998
...them was matched only by its cowardice in refusing to stand and fight. The term "jackal" also encompassed the maanhaar, or aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), the draai-jakhals, or Cape fox (Vulpes chama), and the bakoor, or bateared fox (Otocyon megalotis), all...
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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
...hyaena ), 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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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--Periodicals
...hyaena ), 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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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
...the 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 is...


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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...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...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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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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STORMIN' NORMAN; My First Big Bloomer in 5,000 Races
Newspaper article by Norman Williamson Talking To Garry Owen; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), November 22, 1997
...ground. I dont Tony McCoy will make the same mistake by hitting the front too soon this time. I fancy Aardwolf to outstay Coulton. Aardwolf will relish the testing conditions and he can nail Coulton up the home straight. Monarchs Pursuit can...
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It's Grand for Jenny
Newspaper article by Charles Fawcus; The Mirror (London, England), April 1, 1997
...causing two of the last three fences to be by-passed round the stricken Coq Hardi Affair and The Latvian Lark. First to go was Aardwolf at the second fence and he came close to causing mayhem at the end as well by racing riderless the wrong way down the track...
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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 the true hyena but is...instead of four toes on its forepaws. The coat of the aardwolf is yellow-white with dark stripes; a ridge of hair extends...
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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...
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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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