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Orycteropus afer
(Pallas, 1766)
- aardvark
(mammal)
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Orycteropus (Genus) - aardvark
..Orycteropus afer (Species) - aardvark
....Orycteropus afer adametzi (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer aethiopicus (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer afer (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer angolensis (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer erikssoni (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer faradjius (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer haussanus (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer kordofanicus (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer lademanni (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer leptodon (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer matschiei (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer observandus (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer ruvanensis (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer senegalensis (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer somalicus (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer wardi (Subspecies)
....Orycteropus afer wertheri (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Pallas, 1766:64.
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:
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:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Orycteropus
(Genus)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Orycteropus afer afer
(Pallas, 1766)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Orycteropus ater
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Kaaps aardvarken
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
aardvark
:
antbear
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