Orycteropus afer

(Pallas, 1766)

Aardvark

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Tubulidentata
Family : Orycteropodidae
Genus : Orycteropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320981

Original name as described

Myrmecophaga afra

Other common names

Antbear

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cote d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000520

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Orycteropus erikssoni faradjius

Hatt, 1932

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

faradjius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-51373

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-51373

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Orycteropus afer somalicus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.12.19.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52f4090c-c029-4857-8746-401f88e08b7d

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741686

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:466, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus leptodon

Hirst, 1906

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

leptodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.27.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ca81de1-b191-4bde-a9ec-323b6ecc5ef9

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472434

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Orycteropus afer wardi

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/23b8b6cc-1db6-4046-b831-6cc155f29a01

Authority page

467

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741687

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:467, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer kordofanicus

W. Rothschild, 1927

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

kordofanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.4038

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30b9c790-9022-48eb-9b7c-acb15602441e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bf9ae02c-6684-4a1f-a6c3-53da9b23e11b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c34ccf38-f0ae-4765-81b0-10bd4f23eb9e

Authority page

512

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Myrmecophaga afra

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

afer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320981

Authority publication

The Hague

Orycteropus Capensis

Daudin, 1802

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033424

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Fischer (1814:ix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Lesson (1827:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Smith (1842:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Lesson (1842:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Blyth (1863:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  7. Matschie (1895:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  8. Roberts (1913:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Orycteropus afer

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

afer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

939

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988180

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:939, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Lydekker (1908:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:314, 315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41504/21286437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Orycteropus afer æthiopicus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer erikssoni

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

erikssoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer hausanus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

hausanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Orycteropus afer leptodon

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

leptodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer senegalensis

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741686

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:466, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer wertheri

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

wertheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer afer

Schlitter, 2005

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

afer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer faradjius

Schlitter, 2005

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

faradjius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer haussanus

Schlitter, 2005

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

haussanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Myrmecophaga capensis

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751273

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Thunberg (1811:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)

Orycteropus senegalensis

Lesson, 1840

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

Lesson (1842:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Orycteropus aethiopicus

Sundevall, 1843

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304091

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Matschie (1895:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Orycteropus senegalensis

H. R. Schinz, 1845

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

319

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)

Orycteropus wertheri

Matschie, 1898

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

wertheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

266

Authority publication

Berlin

Orycteropus haussanus

Matschie, 1900

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

haussanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102, 104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797108 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797110

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Orycteropus erikssoni

Lönnberg, 1906

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

erikssoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Orycteropus afer albicaudus

W. Rothschild, 1907

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

albicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

506

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2989682

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer adametzi

Grote, 1921

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

adametzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12954533

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)

Orycteropus afer lademanni

Grote, 1921

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

lademanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12954530

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer matschiei

Grote, 1921

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

matschiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12954529

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer observandus

Grote, 1921

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

observandus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12954530

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer ruvanensis

Grote, 1921

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

ruvanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12954530

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Orycteropus afer albicaudatus

A. Roberts, 1928

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

albicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Orycteropus afer angolensis

Zukowsky & Haltenorth, 1957

Family

Orycteropodidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Name usages

  1. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9712)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

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