Orycteropus
See also: orycteropus
Translingual
Orycteropus afer
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner, digger”).
Proper noun
Orycteropus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orycteropodidae – the aardvark and its extinct close relatives.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Tubulidentata - order; Orycteropodidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Orycteropus afer - type and sole living accepted species
References
Orycteropus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Orycteropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Orycteropus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Orycteropus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Orycteropus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Orycteropus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Orycteropus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Orycteropus at AnimalBase
- Orycteropus at Paleology Database