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  2. Aardvark - Wikipedia

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    The aardvark is pale yellowish-grey in colour and often stained reddish-brown by soil. The aardvark's coat is thin, and the animal's primary protection is its tough skin. Its hair is short on its head and tail; however its legs tend to have longer hair. [5] The hair on the majority of its body is grouped in clusters of three to four hairs. [22]

  3. Orycteropus - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Orycteropodidae - Wikipedia

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    Orycteropodidae is a family of afrotherian mammals. Although there are many fossil species, the only species surviving today is the aardvark , Orycteropus afer . Orycteropodidae is recognized as the only family within the order Tubulidentata , from the Latin words tubulis (tubule) and dentis (tooth), referring to the tubule-style teeth.

  5. Anteater - Wikipedia

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    Anteater has also been used as a common name for a number of animals that are not in Vermilingua, including the echidnas, numbat, pangolins, and aardvark. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Anteaters are also known as antbears, although this is more commonly used as a name for the aardvark. [ 4 ]

  6. List of animal names - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]

  7. Aardvark (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The aardvark is an African mammal, Orycteropus afer. Aardvark may also refer to: Music. Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, an eclectic big band founded in 1973; ... Aardvark, a ...

  8. Ungulate - Wikipedia

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    The enigmatic dinoceratans were among the first large herbivorous mammals, although their exact relationship with other mammals is still debated with one of the theories being that they might just be distant relatives to living ungulates; the most recent study recovers them as within the true ungulate assemblage, closest to Carodnia.

  9. Echidna - Wikipedia

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    Echidnas are possibly named after Echidna, a creature from Greek mythology who was half-woman, half-snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptiles. [citation needed] An alternative explanation is a confusion with Ancient Greek: ἐχῖνος, romanized: ekhînos, lit. 'hedgehog, sea urchin'. [5]