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Orycteropus
Sign in to saveOrycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from Late Miocene to recent of Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderTubulidentata
- FamilyOrycteropodidae
Orycteropus es un género de mamíferos pertenecientes a la familia Orycteropodidae dentro del orden Tubulidentata. La única especie viva en este género y en todo el orden Tubulidentata es el cerdo hormiguero (Orycteropus afer).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Orycteropodidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UCMP, LACM, GNM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Kenya, South Africa, Pays Non Identifié
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Orycteropodidae
- Image
- Orycteropus afer stuffed.jpg
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Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from Late Miocene to recent of Africa.
The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orycteropus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.