Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Superorder Protungulata
                   Order Tubulidentata Huxley, 1872 - aardvark
                     Family Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821 - aardvark
                       Genus Orycteropus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 - aardvark
                         Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) - aardvark