Aardwolf
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aardwolf-169-1318817
title:
Aardwolf
text:
The aardwolf is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called the maanhaar-jackal, termite-eating hyena and civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects and their larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Insectivorous African mammal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardwolf
date created:
2001-08-20T18:18:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T07:40:42Z
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image:
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