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Monotypic taxon: Genus Orycteropus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 - aardvark (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796
Original name Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1796:102.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Type ofOrycteropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821
Type, by synonymyOrycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766)

Variants

Incorrect authorshipOrycteropus (Genus) G. Cuvier, 1798

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameaardvark
ant bear
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