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Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Misc. Zool. p.64

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Tubulidentata
family
Orycteropodidae
genus
Orycteropus
species
Orycteropus afer

Name

Synonyms
Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766
Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin, 1788
Orycteropus capensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Orycteropus haussanus Matschie, 1900
Orycteropus senegalensis Schinz, 1845
Orycteropus wertheri Matschie, 1900
Homonyms
Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766)
Common names
Aardevark in Dutch
Aardvark in English
Aardvark in English
Aardvark in language.
Aardvark in English
Aardvark in English
Aardvark in English
Aardvark in English
Aardvarken in Dutch
Afrički mravojed in Croatian
Antbear in English
Antbear in English
Ardvark in Turkish
Cerdo hormiguero in Spanish
Cerdo hormiguero in language.
Couochon d'tèrre in language.
Earth-hog in English
Eerdverke in Limburgish
Erdferkel in German
Erdferkel in German
Erdferkel in German
Erdfàggi in language.
Erdmannetjie in Afrikaans
Erdvark in Afrikaans
Földimalac in Hungarian
Hrabáč in Czech
Ihodi in Xhosa
Jimbo in Portuguese
Jordsvin in Norwegian Bokmål
Le Fourmillier in French
Maasika in Finnish
Mhanga in Swahili
Mrównik in Polish
Orictéropo in Portuguese
Orikteropo in Esperanto
Orikteropu in Maltese
Oritteropo in Italian
Oryctérope in French
Oryctérope in French
Oryctérope du Cap in French
Oso Hormiguero in Spanish
Porc formiguer in Catalan–Valencian
Porco-formigueiro in Portuguese
Rikteropu in language.
Sambane in Zulu
Termitojed in Croatian
Thakadu in Tswana
Timba in Portuguese
Tubulidentata in language.
Tuhnik in Estonian

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  2. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 206-247.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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