Proteles cristatus

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,746 meters (0 to 5,728 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Proteles

There are approximately 6 species in this genus:

P. cristata · P. cristatus (Aardwolf) · P. cristatus cristatus · P. cristatus septentrionalis · P. cristatus transvaalensis · P. transvaalensis

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. ENG url p. 404, p. 643.
• A student's text-book of zoology, by Adam Sedgwick. London, S. Sonnenschein and Co.;1898-1909. ENG url p. 620.
• An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct, by William Henry Flower and Richard Lydekker London, A. and C. Black, 1891. ENG url p. 539, p. 540.
• Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 710.
• Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 31.
• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] ENG url p. 273.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 252, p. 352, p. 658, p. 658, p. 94, p. 96.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 305, p. 31, p. 417, p. 426.
• Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by Theodore Gill. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1871. ENG url p. 37.
• Blood immunity and blood relationship; a demonstration of certain blood-relationships amongst animals by means of the precipitin test for blood, by George H. F. Nuttall...Including original researches by G. S. Graham-Smith...and T. S. P. Strangeways. Cambridge, University press, 1904. ENG url p. 236.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 138.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 287, p. 288.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 221, p. 234, p. 610, p. 647, p. 706, p. 735, p. 748, p. 752.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Andover: Intercept. ENG url p. 93.
• Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by John Anderson, Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Calcutta, 1881-1891. ENG url p. 258.
• Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia in the Museum / by J.E. Gray London, 1869. ENG url p. 214.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 282, p. 970.
• Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum / [compiled by Edward Gerrard]. London: printed by Taylor and Francis, by order of the Trustees, 1862 ENG url p. 70.
• Compendium der Helminthologie. Ein Verzeichniss der bekannten Helminthen, die frei oder in thierischen Körpern leben, geordnet nach ihren Wohnthieren, unter Angabe der Organe, in denen sie gefunden sind, und mit Beifügung der Litte von O. von Linstow. Hannover: Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, 1878. GER url p. 33.
• Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage / by Richard Hesse prepared by W. C. Allee and Karl P. Schmidt New York: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1937. ENG url p. 587.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 1231, p. 543.
• Hyaena Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. Pretoria, Govt. Print. and Stationery Off., 1921-1927. ENG url p. 235.
• Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der wirbellosen Tiere: Specieller Thiel / von E. Korschelt und K. Heider. Jena: G. Fischer, 1890-1893. GER url p. 653.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• Hyaena Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478253
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-621909
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13805726
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 621909
• IUCN ID: 18372
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8938

Footnotes

1. Mean = -432.530 meters (-1,419.062 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,802.940 based on 15 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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