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]

Orycteropus
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent
Orycteropus aferAardvark
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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).

Species

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Three species are recognized:[3]

Other species previously assigned to Orycteropus are now classified in the genus Amphiorycteropus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ MacInnes, D.G. (1955). "Fossil Tubulidentata from East Africa". Fossil Mammals of Africa. 10: 1–38.
  5. ^ 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.

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