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Orycteropodidae
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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, so the two are effectively synonyms.[1][3]
Orycteropodidae
Temporal range: 20–0 Ma
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Early Miocene to Recent[1]
Orycteropus afer stuffed.jpg
Orycteropus afer – Aardvark
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Placentalia
Superorder:
Afrotheria
Order:
Tubulidentata
Huxley, 1872
Family:
Orycteropodidae
Gray, 1821
Genera
Orycteropus
†Amphiorycteropus
†Eteketoni[2]
†Leptorycteropus
†Myorycteropus[1]
Evolution
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Last edited 4 days ago by MichaelMaggs
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