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Noun: Orycteropus afer
  1. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
    - aardvark, ant bear, anteater

Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

Part of: genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus

Encyclopedia: Orycteropus afer