Family ORYCTEROPODIDAE

(AARDVARK)

• Medium-sized mammal with heavily built body, arched back, elongated head and nose, flat snout, long, narrow ears, powerful legs, sturdy Class,thick, tapered tail, and sparse fur.

• 140-190 cm.

• Afrotropical Region.

• From semi-arid desert throughout savanna to rainforest.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 18 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.