Happy National Aardvark Week! Did you know the aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata? The aardvarks' closest living relative is the elephant, and they are also related to hyraxes (order Hyracoidea), and dugongs and manatees (order Sirenia) - all belonging to a group of primitive ungulates called uranotherians. The split between this ancestral African stock and that leading to the ungulate, carnivore, xenarthran, and cetacean orders occurred as much as

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El Orycteropus: El extraño “cerdo hormiguero” de África 🐜🐷🐰 #orycteropus #CerdoHormiguero #desierto #nature #animals | Nuestro Planeta

EPISODE 1 of the Elusive Eight – Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) The EWT's Drylands Conservation Programme initiated a project in the Anysberg area – focusing on the conservation and recovery of a few priority species. We will be sharing images and video clips of the eight elusive species focused on in this project. This video clip was taken with a camera trap and shows an Aardvark having fun and rolling in sand. Fun fact: Aardvark gets its name from the South African word meaning "earth pig", but a