The aardwolf is also known as the civet hyena, gray jackal, and maanhaar jackal, (mane-jackal in Afrikaans), but its common name translates to earth-wolf in Afrikaans and Dutch.
The aardwolf’s common name means earth-wolf in Afrikaans and Dutch.
It is also called maanhaar-jackal, Afrikaans for mane-jackal, or civet hyena, based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet.
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• Sources | (Wikipedia, 2017)
