#aardwolf

[literalcoyoteee]

Today is my boyfriend’s birthday and wifey and I just love him so much! Happy birthday fucker!! @jollyjack52

(Feat. @mousegirlracecardriver )

#digital art #furry #furry art #furry oc #fursona #sfw anthro #furry anthro #anthro #goat fursona #goat furry #goat anthro #hyena furry #hyena anthro #aardwolf furry #aardwolf #mouse furry #mouse #mousegirl #polycule #polyamory #digital artist #original art #artists on tumblr #small artist #procreate

[vuelode-irbis]

Fancied a new phone wallpaper

[ID: a digital drawing that features the four members of the Hyaenidae family, from the top to the bottom: striped hyena, brown hyena, aardwolf and spotted hyena. Only their heads are shown peeping out from the left. They're painted with bright, unnatural colors and their eyes are not detailed. The word Hyaenidae is written vertically at the bottom right. End ID]

#irbis draws #art #digital art #animal art #animals #hyena #hyenas #yeen #striped hyena #brown hyena #aardwolf #spotted hyena #animal artist

[falcoworks]

Pinup commission!

#hyena #aardwolf #anthro #furry #furry art #digital painting #pinup #scribble

[waverlied]

character idea

#furry #furry art #canine #aardwolf #sketch #waverlied #2024

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A Baby Aardwolf

Doreen Nicole

#doreen nicole #photographer #aardwolf #aardwolf pup #animal #mammal #wildlife #nature #reddit

[saritawolff]

In a 2 week long polling tournament, the “Ultimate Feliform” was voted on in my Instagram stories.

So here are some fun facts about the teeny tiny termite-eating hyena who was deemed champion: the aardwolf!

#my art #aardwolf #hyena #hyenas #feliforms #mammals #animal fact file #SaritaZoo

[blogforfauna]

Proteles cristata

Throughout history, there have been two types of hyenas: bone-crushing hyenas, and dog-like ones. Spotted, striped, and brown hyenas are the bone-crushing type. Of the dog-like hyenas, the aardwolf is the only species left.

Aardwolf means "Earthwolf" in Afrikaans, a language spoken in Southern Africa. Their use of burrows is what earned them the "earth" part of their name. Although wolf is also in its name and it looks very dog-like, aardwolves are not canines. They are the smallest of four hyena species, weighing around 20 pounds (9.07 kg).

Unlike the other hyena species that eat carrion, aardwolves eat insects. If they really need to they can also eat eggs, small mammals, and vegetation, but insects are preferred. Their main insect prey is termites, and they can eat up to 300,000 of them in one night using their long tongues. Their tongues are very sticky as well, with large papillae (those little tongue bumps) and sticky saliva.

Since they behave differently and are much smaller than other hyena species, scientists used to think aardwolves were not part of the hyena family. With their striped coats, researchers thought they might have even been mimicking the striped hyena.

Aardwolves are found in arid plains of eastern and southern Africa, where they live in burrows dug by aardvarks, springhares, or porcupines. Some dig their own burrows, but taking over an abandoned one is much easier. They sleep in these burrows during the day, coming out at night to hunt for insects and to hang out with friends or whatever.

I rate the Aardwolf 15/10. Little cuties :,)

Photo Credits:

(1) Catherine Withers-Clarke (2) Hennie van Heerden (3) H. van den Berg (4) Scott Roberts (5) Klaus Rudloff

#aardwolf #CUTEEEEEEE #little guys #earthwolf #hyena #aardwolves #hyaena #biology #zoology #animals #science #nature #wildlife #african animals #cute animals #animals u should know about #miniature hyena

[habbadax]

The bread is small

#Hyenas #Hyena #Aardwolf

[sonokido]

his name's nico and he's very polite

#mydrawings #ventura city drifters #furry #anthro #aardwolf #furry art #basketball #webcomic #basketball furry #nico lawson #nico

[life-on-our-planet]

Most large members of the order of Carnivora feed on other, smaller animals, but the aardwolf gets most of its nutrition from insects and their larvae, especially termites. They can lap up more than 300,000 per night with their tongue, which has adapted to withstand the bugs' bites. ©

#aardwolf #africa #botswana #makgadikgadi pans #grasslands #mammalia #carnivora #request

[vintagewildlife]

Aardwolf By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

#aardwolf #hyena #carnivore #mammal #1990s #Wildlife Fact-File

[c-rowlesdraws]

my inbox and twitter both informed me that not only does International Hyena Day exist, but that it’s today! I couldn’t let this important occasion go by without drawing something, and I finished this just in time with only an hour to spare. Happy special day to these four special creatures. 

(from left to right: brown hyena, striped hyena, spotted hyena, aardwolf)

(it’s also apparently World Tapir Day! Another special animal. But I ran out of drawin’ juice and out of time. I’m so sorry, tapirs. I still love you, I promise)

#hyena day #hyenas #animals #my art #striped hyena #brown hyena #spotted hyena #aardwolf #just four cousins having a nice day together

[falcoworks]

Tabletop character design commission! She's a swarmkeeper ranger build.

#aardwolf #ttrpg #D&D #character design #anthro #furry #furry art #scribble

[trepppy]

#kemono friends #kf #kf3 #fanart #aardwolf #animals

[todayontumblr]

#today on tumblr #hyena #animals #spotted hyena #striped hyena #hyena furry #brown hyena #aardwolf #hyena oc #hyena poll

[sushisusii]

Lumberjack Nao I was the lumberjack during every session of 'The forest' and 'sons of the forest' I had with @aardpuff

#werewolf #werewuff #sfw fur art #sfw furry #furry #wholesome werewolf #wholesome werewuff #furry art #art #wholesome #Naoma #sushisusii #lumberjack #axe #aardwolf