Aardvark

Orycteropus afer · Orycteropodidae

The aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. The aardvark is the only living member of the genus Orycteropus, the family Orycteropodidae and the order Tubulidentata.

Where the Aardvark lives

Recorded in South Africa, Benin, Kenya, Namibia, Angola, Central African Rep., Botswana and Burkina Faso (Africa).

Most records fall in Northern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo, Atakora, Eastern Cape and Bengo.

See the Aardvark’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,542 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.