Black-backed jackal, brown hyena, aardwolf, porcupine, bushpig and aardvark are nocturnal and rarely seen. Nocturnal wildlife includes the porcupine, aardwolf, bat-eared fox, Cape fox, genet, springhare and owl. Aardwolf, Cape Pangolin, African Hedgehog and Striped Polecat. The reserve also has a few predators like the caracal, aardwolf, jackal and leopard. It also the home of several mammalian species like springbok, gemsbok and aardwolf. The aardwolf is a mammal in the hyena family. The brown hyena and aardwolf are not known to prey on humans. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Family Hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf) has four extant species and two subspecies. The small seasonal exhibit, which formerly housed warthogs and aardwolf, currently houses red river hog. Aardwolf ("Proteles cristatus"), and Honey-Badger ("Mellivora capensis"). Common carnivores in the reserve are the vulnerable African wild dog and the aardwolf. An aardwolf may consume up to 250,000 termites per night using its long, sticky tongue. The mane is raised during confrontations to make the aardwolf appear larger. The aardwolf is the only surviving species in the subfamily Protelinae.