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Orycteropus

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Genus of mammals

Orycteropus Temporal range:Late Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Orycteropus afer –Aardvark
Scientific classification
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
4, see text

Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the familyOrycteropodidae withinTubulidentata.^[2] The genus is known fromLate Miocene torecent ofAfrica.^[3]

Theonly living species within Tubulidentata is theaardvark (Orycteropus afer).

Three species are recognized:^[3]

Orycteropus afer(Pallas, 1766) – aardvark – Palaeolithic to Recent of Africa
†Orycteropus abundulafusLehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005
†Orycteropus crassidensMacInnes, 1955^[4] – Pleistocene of Kenya
†Orycteropus djourabensisLehmann, Vignaud, Mackaye & Brunet, 2004^[5] – Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya

Other species previously assigned toOrycteropus are now classified in the genusAmphiorycteropus.^[3]

^Woodman, Neal (2021). "WhenceOrycteropus? 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". InWilson, 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.
^^a ^b ^cLehmann, 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.