Orycteropodidae

Orycteropodidae
Temporal range: 20–0 Ma Early Miocene to Recent[1]
Orycteropus afer – Aardvark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Afrotheria
Grandorder: Afroinsectiphilia
Order: Tubulidentata
Huxley, 1872
Family: Orycteropodidae
Gray, 1821
Genera

Orycteropus
†Amphiorycteropus
†Eteketoni[2]
†Leptorycteropus
†Myorycteropus[1]

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 (Latin: "tube" (tubulis), "tooth" (dentis)[3]), so the two are effectively synonyms.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c Lehmann 2009
  2. ^ Martin Pickford (2019). Orycteropodidae (Tubulidentata, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak, Uganda. Vol. 47. pp. 1–101. ISBN 978-3-89937-247-2. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ Schlitter 2005, p. 86