Orycteropus afer
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata • Syn: aardvark, ant bear, anteater • Hypernyms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal • Member Holonyms: Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus
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