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  1. Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (<em>Proteles cristata</em> )

    Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata )

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. L. de Vries --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa C.W.W. Pirk --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa P.W. Bateman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa E.Z. Cameron --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa F. Dalerum --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa
    The aardwolf, Proteles cristata, is a highly specialized myrmecophagous carnivore that feeds almost exclusively on termites of the genus Trinervitermes. Here we report data from an ongoing analysis of aardwolf diet, where we documented remains of sun spiders and scorpions...