There are two separate populations separated into two different subspecies, of aardwolves, one located in southern Africa and the other in northeastern Africa.
There are two separate populations separated into two different subspecies, of aardwolves, one located in southern Africa and the other in northeastern Africa.
The southern population of aardwolves, Proteles cristata cristata, ranges over most of southern Africa, extending into the countries of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, southern Zambia, and southwestern Mozambique.
1,500 kilometers away, a northern population, Proteles cristata septentrionalis, ranges from central Tanzania through northeastern Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, along the coast of Ethiopia and Sudan, and the southeastern tip of Egypt.
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• Sources | (Koehler & Richardson, 1990; Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar, & Baker, 1986; Skinner & Smithers, 1990)
