| Orycteropus Temporal range:
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| Orycteropus afer – Aardvark | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Tubulidentata |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae |
| Genus: | Orycteropus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 17961 |
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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
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, 19554 – Pleistocene of Kenya
- † Orycteropus djourabensis Lehmann, Vignaud, Mackaye & Brunet, 20045 – Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya
Other species previously assigned to Orycteropus are now classified in the genus Amphiorycteropus.3
References
References
- Woodman, Neal (2021). "Whence Orycteropus? The correct authorship and date for the generic name of the aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata, Orycteropodidae)". Bionomina. 25 (1): 21–34. doi:10.11646/bionomina.25.1.2. S2CID 245309737.
- Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Tubulidentata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Lehmann, T. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (3): 649–702. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00460.x.
- MacInnes, D.G. (1955). "Fossil Tubulidentata from East Africa". Fossil Mammals of Africa. 10: 1–38.
- Lehmann, T.; Vignaud, P.; Mackaye, H.T.; Brunet, M. (2004). "A fossil aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from the lower Pliocene of Chad" (PDF). Journal of African Earth Sciences. 40 (5): 201–217. Bibcode:2004JAfES..40..201L. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.01.001.
Further reading
Further reading
- Lehmann, Thomas; Vignaud, Patrick; Likius, Andossa; Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso; Brunet, Michel (2006). "A sub-complete fossil aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from the Upper Miocene of Chad". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 5 (5): 693–703. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.12.016.