Orycteropus afer (species)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Tubulidentata (order) > Orycteropus (genus)
Descripción
Members of a species of burrowing nocturnal African edentate mammals having a long snout, long narrow sticky tongue, large ears, a heavy, tapering tail, and long powerful claws for tearing open logs and anthills to feed on ants and termites.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- aardvark (species) [en]
- aardvarks (species) [en]
- aard-varks (species) [en]
- Cape ant-eaters (species) [en]
- earth pigs (species) [en]
- erdvarks (species) [en]
- erdvarks (species) [af]