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Monotypic taxon: Genus Proteles Geoffroy, 1824 - aardwolf (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824
Original name:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1824:355-371.
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Types

Type, by original designation, of: Protelinae (Subfamily) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851
Type, by synonymy: Proteles cristatus (Sparrman, 1783)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Geocyon (Genus) Wagler, 1830 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: aardwolf
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