Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia
Ordo: Tubulidentata
Familia: Orycteropodidae
Genus: Orycteropus
Species (8): O. afer – †O. chemeldoi – †O. crassidens – †O. djourabensis – †O. minutus – †O. pilgrimi – †O. pottieri – †O. seni
Unaccepted species (5): †O. abundulafus – †O. browni – †O. depereti – †O. gaudryi – †O. mauritanicus
Name
Orycteropus Cuvier, 1798
Type species: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin, 1788
References
Primary references
Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim. 1798: 144.
Links
Orycteropus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
dansk: Jordsvin
Deutsch: Erdferkel
English: Aardvark
español: Cerdo hormiguero
suomi: Maasika
français: Oryctérope du Cap
magyar: Földimalac
italiano: Oritteropo
日本語: ツチブタ属
Nederlands: Aardvarken
norsk: Jordsvin
polski: Mrównik
português: Oricterope
svenska: Jordsvin
Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata.[2] The genus is known from Late Miocene to recent of Africa.[3]
The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer).
Species
Three species are recognized:[3]
Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) – aardvark – Palaeolithic to Recent of Africa
† Orycteropus abundulafus Lehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005
† Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes, 1955[4] – Pleistocene of Kenya
† Orycteropus djourabensis Lehmann, Vignaud, Mackaye & Brunet, 2004[5] – Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya
Other species previously assigned to Orycteropus are now classified in the genus Amphiorycteropus.[3]
References
Woodman, Neal (2021). "Whence Orycteropus? The correct authorship and date for the generic name of the aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata, Orycteropodidae)". Bionomina. 25 (1): 21–34. doi:10.11646/bionomina.25.1.2. S2CID 245309737.
Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Tubulidentata". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Lehmann, T. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (3): 649–702. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00460.x.
MacInnes, D.G. (1955). "Fossil Tubulidentata from East Africa". Fossil Mammals of Africa. 10: 1–38.
Lehmann, T.; Vignaud, P.; Mackaye, H.T.; Brunet, M. (2004). "A fossil aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from the lower Pliocene of Chad" (PDF). Journal of African Earth Sciences. 40 (5): 201–217. Bibcode:2004JAfES..40..201L. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.01.001.
Further reading
Wikispecies has information related to Orycteropus.
Lehmann, Thomas; Vignaud, Patrick; Likius, Andossa; Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso; Brunet, Michel (2006). "A sub-complete fossil aardvark (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from the Upper Miocene of Chad". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 5 (5): 693–703. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.12.016.
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