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Orycteropus afer (aardvark)

Osteichthyes - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecophaga afra was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Orycteropus afer by Geoffroy (1791), Pickford (1975), Peters (1990), Pickford (2005), Lehmann (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Myrmecophaga afra Pallas
1788Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin
1791Orycteropus afer Geoffroy
1845Orycteropus senegalensis Schinz
1883Orycteropus capensis Giebel p. 511
1900Orycteropus haussanus Matschie
1900Orycteropus wertheri Matschie
1975Orycteropus afer Pickford p. 76
1990Orycteropus afer Peters p. 86
2005Orycteropus afer Pickford p. 719
2007Orycteropus afer Lehmann p. 182

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Afroinsectiphilia
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872
familyOrycteropodidae
subfamilyOrycteropodinaeGray 1821
genusOrycteropusGeoffroy 1791
speciesafer(Pallas 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 [aardvark]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin 1788 [synonym], Orycteropus haussanus Matschie 1900 [synonym], Orycteropus senegalensis Schinz 1845 [synonym], Orycteropus wertheri Matschie 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available