Orycteropus afer

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Orycteropus afer - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentataaardvark, ant bear, anteatereutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsgenus Orycteropus, Orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae