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SPECIES Proteles cristata
Author: | Sparrman, 1783. | Citation: | Resa Goda-Hopps-Udden., I, 1: 581. | Common Name: | Aardwolf | Type Locality: | English translation (Sparrman, 1786) of original locality: "Agter-Bruntjes hoogte...which takes in the upper part of Kleine Visch-rivier, and is separated from Camdebo by Bruntjes hoogtens..."; listed in G. M. Allen (1939) as "Near Little Fish River, Somerset East, Cape Colony" [South Africa]. | Distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Botswana); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Koehler and Richardson (1990) and Jenks and Werdelin (1998) who demonstrated that subspecies are not well defined and probably should not be recognized. Synonyms according to Jenks and Werdelin (1998). |
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canescens Shortridge and Carter, 1938 harrisoni Rothschild, 1902 hyenoides (Desmarest, 1821) lalandii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824 pallidior Cabrera, 1910 septentrionalis Rothschild, 1902 termes Heller, 1913 transvaalensis Roberts, 1932 typicus A. Smith, 1834
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