Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Tubulidentata Huxley, 1872 - aardvark Family Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821 - aardvark Genus Orycteropus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 - aardvark Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) - aardvark Orycteropus afer observandus Grote, 1921