Proteles
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Proteles is a genus of distinctive hyenas which contain the aardwolf and its close fossil relatives. It is the only extant genus of the subfamily Protelinae.
Aardwolf Proteles Cristatus 56
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Hyenas or hyaenas are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae. With just four extant species, it is the fifth-smallest family in the order Carnivora and one of the smallest in th
Proteles
…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 the subfamily Protelinae. While the…
Hyaenidae Diversity
Aardwolf, smallest member of the hyena family, skeleton (Museum of Osteology)
Skull of Ictitherium viverrinum, one of the "dog-like" hyenas. American Museum of Natural History
Skeletons of a striped hyena (left) and a spotted hyena (right), two species of the "bone-crushing" hyenas