Orycteropus

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Orycteropus afer

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Tubulidentata
Familia: Orycteropodidae
Genus: Orycteropus
Species: Orycteropus afer

[edit] Name

Orycteropus G. Cuvier, 1798

Type species: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin, 1788

[edit] References

• Orycteropus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim. 1798: 144.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

[edit] Vernacular names

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