Viverra cristata Sparrman, 1783
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Hyaenidae
- genus
- Proteles
- species
- Proteles cristata
Name
- Homonyms
- Viverra cristata Sparrman, 1783
- Common names
- aardwolf in English
Bibliographic References
- Holekamp, K. E., and J. M. Kolowski / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Hyaenidae (Hyenas). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 234-261.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956)