Aardwolf's cousin (5)
I believe the answer is:
hyena
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">aardwolf's cousin</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hyena that I've seen before include "African native" , "Scavenging animal" , "Carnivorous animal with howl like laughter" , "Carnivorous mammal" , "Laughing carnivore" .)