Adcrocuta eximia

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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Photo: by Dkaeuferle = Dominik Käuferle · CC BY-SA 3.0
It can raise the long hairs along its back and feeds mainly on termites. It occurs in southern Africa, where records include karroid country, grassland and scrub, open savanna woodland, and inland gravel plains.