Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas Genus Proteles Geoffroy, 1824 - aardwolf Proteles cristatus (Sparrman, 1783) - aardwolf see Proteles cristata (Sparrman, 1783)