The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

AARDVARK

The aardvark ground-hog, Cape pig or Cape Ant-eater (Orycteropus afra) is a south African ant eating mammal. It is a nocturnal burrowing animal, feeding on termites and ants. The teeth are numerous and complex, and are quite unlike those of any other mammal. There are four toes on the fore feet and five on the hind. The mouth is elongated and tubular, the tongue vermiform. A few bristly hairs are scattered over the surface of the body and the ears are large and erect, the tail much elongated.
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