Orycteropus
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| Orycteropus afer - Aardvark | |
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| Genus: | Orycteropus G. Cuvier, 1798
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| Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766
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Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata.[1] The genus is known from Late Miocene to Recent of Africa.[2]
The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer).
Species
Three species are recognized:[2]
- Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) - aardvark - Palaeolithic to Recent of Africa
- † Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes, 1955 [3] - Pleistocene of Kenya
- † Orycteropus djourabensis Lehmann, Vignaud, Mackaye & Brunet, 2004 [4] - Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya
Other species previously assigned to Orycteropus are now classified in the genus Amphiorycteropus.[2]
References
- ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Tubulidentata". In Wilson, 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 c Lehmann, 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". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 40 (5): 201–217. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.01.001.
Further reading
- "A sub-complete fossil aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from the Upper Miocene of Chad". doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.12.016
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