Orycteropus depereti Helbing 1933 (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 djourabensis, Orycteropus erikssoni, Orycteropus gaudryi, Orycteropus leptodon, Orycteropus mauritanicus, Orycteropus minutus, Orycteropus pilgrimi, Orycteropus pottieri, Orycteropus sensi

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orycteropus depereti in the database

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