Orycteropus
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Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata.[2] The genus is known from Late Miocene to recent of Africa.[3]
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Orycteropus | |
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Orycteropus afer – Aardvark | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Tubulidentata |
Family: | Orycteropodidae |
Genus: | Orycteropus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796[1] |
Type species | |
Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766 | |
Species | |
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The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer).