土狼（学名Proteles cristatus），又称鬣豺，是一种小型的捕食昆虫的哺乳动物，鬣狗科，栖息在非洲东部和南部干燥的平原上。体细长，黄色具黑条纹。和其他鬣狗不同，他们不捕食大型动物，而捕食昆虫，主要是白蚁，也吃昆虫幼虫和腐肉。使用它长而粘的舌头，一只土狼一晚可以捕食20万只白蚁。栖地穴（常寻土豚的废弃洞穴）。夜行。

它是55-80cm长，不包括它的20-30cm的尾巴，肩部约为40-50cm高，体重在9和14 kg之间。 它的前脚有5个脚趾，不同于有四个脚趾的其他鬣狗。每胎产仔3-4只，对人无害，胆怯。受攻击时会喷出有麝香气味的液体，可能与攻击者搏斗。

The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called "maanhaar jackal" (Afrikaans for "mane jackal") or civet hyena, based on the secretions from their anal glands, reminiscent of civets. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyenas. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects, mainly termites – one aardwolf can eat about 250,000 termites during a single night, using its long, sticky tongue to capture them. The aardwolf lives in the scrublands of eastern and southern Africa – open lands covered with stunted trees and shrubs. It is nocturnal, resting in burrows during the day and emerging at night to seek food. Its diet consists mainly of termites and insect larvae.