Orycteropus mauritanicus Arambourg 1954 (aardvark)

Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Belongs to Orycteropus according to T. Lehmann 2007

See also Patterson 1975 and Pickford 1975

Sister taxa: Orycteropus abundulafus, Orycteropus afer, Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus chemeldoi, Orycteropus crassidens, Orycteropus depereti, Orycteropus djourabensis, Orycteropus erikssoni, Orycteropus gaudryi, Orycteropus leptodon, Orycteropus minutus, Orycteropus pilgrimi, Orycteropus pottieri, Orycteropus sensi

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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