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
             01 [Orycteropus afer afer]ᵀ (Pallas, 1766)
             02 Orycteropus afer adametzi Grote, 1921
             03 Orycteropus afer aethiopicus Sundevall, 1843
             04 Orycteropus afer angolensis Zukowsky & Haltenorth, 1957
             05 Orycteropus afer erikssoni Lönnberg, 1906
             06 Orycteropus afer faradjius Hatt, 1932
             07 Orycteropus afer haussanus Matschie, 1900
             08 Orycteropus afer kordofanicus Rothschild, 1927
             09 Orycteropus afer lademanni Grote, 1911
             10 Orycteropus afer leptodon Hirst, 1906
             11 Orycteropus afer matschiei Grote, 1921
             12 Orycteropus afer observandus Grote, 1921
             13 Orycteropus afer ruvanensis Grote, 1921
             14 Orycteropus afer senegalensis Lesson, 1840
             15 Orycteropus afer somalicus Lydekker, 1908
             16 Orycteropus afer wardi Lydekker, 1908
             17 Orycteropus afer wertheri Matschie, 1898