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noun - striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
noun - an African mammal
AARDWOLF - The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans and D...
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| Alphabetically, the aardvark is the first animal listed in the American Heritage Dictionary; this mammal is second |
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| A mammal (Proteles cristatus) native to southern and eastern Africa that resembles the hyena, has gray fur with black stripes, and feeds mainly on termites and insect larvae. |
| a black-striped nocturnal African mammal that feeds mainly on termites. |
| striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects |
| A black-striped nocturnal African mammal that feeds mainly on termites. |
| Nocturnal hyena-like mammal that inhabits the plains of southern Africa (8) |
| Nocturnal African mammal (8) |
| Nocturnal mammal of the hyena family (8) |
| Nocturnal mammal, Proteles cristatus, inhabiting the plains of southern Africa (8) |
| Nocturnal, hyena-like mammal that inhabits the plains of southern Africa (8) |
| Cousin of a hyena |
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| The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called "maanhaar jackal" (Afrikaans for "mane jackal") or civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects and insect larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as many as 250,000 termites during a single night using its long, sticky tongue. The aardwolf lives in the shrublands of eastern and southern Africa open lands covered with stunted trees and shrubs. It is nocturnal, resting in burrows during the day and emerging at night to seek food. |