The aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is a middlin burraein, nocturnal mammal hamelt in Africae.
It is the ainly livin species o the order Tubulidentata, awtho ither prehistoric species an genera o Tubulidentata ar kent. Unlike maist ither insectivores, it haes a lang pig-like snoot, that is uised tae sniff oot fuid. It roams ower maist o the soothren twa-thirds o the African continent, joukin areas that ar mainly rocky. A nocturnal feeder, it subsists on eemocks an termites, that it will dig oot o their hills uisin its sharp claws an pouerful legs. It digs tae create burrows tae live in an rear its young. It receives a "least concern" ratin frae the IUCN, awtho its nummers seem tae be fawin.
Aardvark Temporal range: Early Pliocene – Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Tubulidentata |
Faimily: | Orycteropodidae |
Genus: | Orycteropus |
Species: | O. afer |
Binomial name | |
Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) | |
Subspeshies | |
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Aardvark range |
Aardvarks ar afrotheres, a clade that includes elephants, manatees, an hyraxes as weel.
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