Orycteropus
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| Orycteropus Temporal range:
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| Orycteropus afer – Aardvark | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Tubulidentata |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae |
| Genus: | Orycteropus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796[1] |
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| Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766
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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]
The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer).
Species
[edit | edit source]Three species are recognized:[3]
- Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) – aardvark – Palaeolithic to Recent of Africa
- † Orycteropus abundulafus Lehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005
- † Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes, 1955[4] – Pleistocene of Kenya
- † Orycteropus djourabensis Lehmann, Vignaud, Mackaye & Brunet, 2004[5] – Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya
Other species previously assigned to Orycteropus are now classified in the genus Amphiorycteropus.[3]
References
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Further reading
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