Aardwolf

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Aardwolf

The aardwolf is tolerant of the noxious secretions of the soldier termites it feeds on.

The aardwolf is tolerant of the noxious secretions of the soldier termites it feeds on.

Aardwolves feed primarily on nasute harvester termites, mainly on Trinervitermes bettonianus in East Africa, Trinervitermes rhodesiensis in Zimbabwe and Botswana, and Trinervitermes trinervoides in South Africa.
 

• Image | © Tambako the Jaguar, Some Rights Reserved (CC BY-ND 2.0)

• Sources | (Cooper & Skinner, 1979; Koehler & Richardson, 1990; Kruuk & Sands, 1972; Richardson, 1987c; Smithers, 1971)

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