NORMALLY the adult Orycteropus has in each jaw but five teeth, though frequently, especially in young animals, a number of smaller teeth are found further forward. In 1890, Mr. Thomas discovered in ...
- nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata ...
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