Proteles

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) +‎ τέλειος (téleios). Coined by French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1824. === Proper noun === Proteles A taxonomic genus within the family Hyaenidae – aardwolves and fossil relatives. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia – suborder; Hyaenidae – family; Hyaeninae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Proteles cristatus (southern aardwolf) – type species; Proteles septentrionalis (eastern aardwolf), †Proteles amplidentus (syn. Proteles transvaalensis) – other species === References === “Proteles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Proteles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Proteles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Proteles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons