Orycteropus

Orycteropus Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Orycteropus afer – Aardvark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Tubulidentata
Family:	Orycteropodidae
Genus:	Orycteropus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 [1]
Type species
Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766
Species
4, see text

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 .
4. MacInnes, D.G. (1955). "Fossil Tubulidentata from East Africa". Fossil Mammals of Africa. 10: 1–38.
5. 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

• 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 .