Proteles septentrionalis
W. Rothschild, 1902
Eastern Aardwolf
Distribution :
Central African Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Feliformia |
| Infraorder | : Aeluroidea |
| Superfamily | : Viverroidea |
| Family | : Hyaenidae |
| Subfamily | : Protelinae |
| Genus | : Proteles |
Species status
Authority citation
Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild. 1902. Two new subspecies of Proteles. Novitates Zoologicae 9:443.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Proteles cristatus septentrionalis
Other common names
Aardwolf
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1939.3606
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Somaliland, " Somalia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Egypt · Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti? · Somalia · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania
Taxonomy notes
split from P. cristatus
Taxonomy notes citation
Allio, R., Tilak, M.-K., Scornavacca, C., Avenant, N.L., Kitchener, A.C., Corre, E., Nabholz, B. and Delsuc, F. 2021. High-quality carnivoran genomes from roadkill samples enable comparative species delineation in aardwolf and bat-eared fox. eLife 10:e73346. doi:10.7554/eLife.63167
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 5 names and synonyms.
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