Aardvark
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Order: | Tubulidentata Huxley, 1872 |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Genus: | Orycteropus G. Cuvier, 1798 |
| Species: | O. afer |
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| Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) |
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The Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is a mammal from Africa; its name means "earth pig" in the language Afrikaans.
Taxonomy [change]
- Order Tubulidentata
- Family Orycteropodidae
- Genus Orycteropus
- Species Orycteropus afer
- Genus Orycteropus
- Family Orycteropodidae
The Aardvark is the only surviving member of the family Orycteropodidae and of the order Tubulidentata.
The Aardvark looks a bit like other animals, like the South American anteaters but they are not related.
Appearance [change]
Adult aardvarks weighs about 50 Kilograms (110 pounds) and a little more than one meter (45 inches) long.
Life [change]
Aardvarks eat mostly ants and termites. They have a long sticky tongue which makes it easy to pick up many ants at once.
Aardvarks are nocturnal, which means they are awake at night and asleep during the day.
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