Orycteropodidae
| Orycteropodidae Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent
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| Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Grandorder: | Afroinsectiphilia |
| Order: | Tubulidentata Huxley, 1872 |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Genera | |
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Orycteropus | |
Orycteropodidae is a family of afrotherian mammals. Although there are many fossil species, the only species surviving today is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer). Orycteropodidae is recognized as the only family within the order Tubulidentata, (from Latin tubulus 'little tube' and dens 'tooth'), referring to the tubule-style teeth, so the two are effectively synonyms.