Unlike other members of the Hyaenidae family, aardwolves have five digits on their front feet and four on their hind feet.
Unlike other members of the Hyaenidae family, aardwolves have five digits on their front feet and four on their hind feet.
Aside from aardwolves, other members of the Hyaenidae family lack the pollex on the front foot and only have four digits on all four of their feet.
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• Sources | (Koehler & Richardson, 1990; Wikipedia, 2017)