Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas Subfamily Protelinae Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851 - aardwolf Genus Proteles Geoffroy, 1824 - aardwolf Proteles cristatus (Sparrman, 1783) - aardwolf see Proteles cristata (Sparrman, 1783)