Orycteropodidae
Orycteropodidae is a family of afrotherian mammals. Although there are many fossil species, the only species surviving today is the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Orycteropodidae is recognized as the only family within the order Tubulidentata (Latin: "tube" (tubulis), "tooth" (dentis)), so the two are effectively synonyms.
| Orycteropodidae Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Orycteropus afer – Aardvark | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Grandorder: | Afroinsectiphilia |
| Order: | Tubulidentata Huxley, 1872 |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Genera | |
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Orycteropus | |
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