1.Previous
3.Next

, vark: ), because of its burrowing habits.

The name Orycteropus means 'burrowing foot', and the name afer refers to Africa. The name of the aardvark's order, Tubulidentata, comes from the tubule-style teeth.

Taxonomy

The aardvark is not closely related to the pig; rather, it is the sole extant representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered

1.Previous
3.Next