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Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. [2] The genus is known from Late Miocene to recent of Africa. [3] The only living species within Tubulidentata is the aardvark (Orycteropus afer).
The first aardvark fossil discovered was originally named Orycteropus gaudryi (now Amphiorycteropus) and was found in Turolian deposits on the island of Samos. [1] Since then, representatives of the order Tubulidentata have been located from the Oligocene in what is now Europe, and it is believed that the order probably originated around 65–70 million years ago or in the Paleocene.
The aardvark is not closely related to the pig; rather, it is the sole extant representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, [10] in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae.
Although there are many fossil species, the only species surviving today is the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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Amphiorycteropus (Latin for "near aardvark") is an extinct genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from fossils dating from Middle Miocene to Early Pliocene, found in Africa, Asia and Europe. [1]
It is reliant on the aardvark (Orycteropus afer) to eat the fruit in order to spread and re-bury the seeds of the plant. The species was described in 1927, with the name spelled C. humofructus , [ 1 ] but this is corrected to C. humifructus following the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants .