Orycteropus


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Related to Orycteropus: Orycteropodidae, Tubulidentata
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Noun1.Orycteropus - coextensive with the family OrycteropodidaeOrycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
genus Orycteropus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Orycteropodidae, Orycteropodidae - aardvarks
aardvark, Orycteropus afer, ant bear, anteater - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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Pterodon africanus Isohyaenodon pilgrimi Deinotheriidae Isohyaenodon zadoki Leakitherium hiwegi Deinotherium hobleyi Teratodon spekei Orycteropodidae Primates Orycteropus africanus Mioeuoticus bishopi Progalago dorae Hyracoidea Komba robustus Komba minor Brachyhyrax aequatorialis Prohylobates sp.
Systematics of african amphicyonidae, with descriptions of new material from Napak (Uganda) and Grillental (Namibia)
tauricum eximia, Machairodus aphanistus, Orycteropus sp., Hipparion sp., Ceratotherium neumayri, Chilotherium schlosseri, Dicoryphochoerus sp., Samotherium boissieri, Palaeotragus cf.
Soft-sediment deformation structures interpreted as seismites in the Kolankaya formation, Denizli basin (SW Turkey)
The tooth- bearing members of this group (anteaters are edentulous) stand out from all other mammals, except the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), by lacking an enamel covering on the teeth (Shoshani et al., 1988).
Noticias sobre la ocurrencia de dientes supernumerarios en perezosos de dos dedos, Choloepus didactylus y C. hoffmanni

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