#orycteropodidae

[snototter]

An aardvark (Orycteropus afer) in Kamanjab, Namibia

by Jose Antonio Hernandez Prats

[life-on-our-planet]

The world’s largest burrowing animal is the aardvark. It has an extremely acute sense of smell and powerful arms with shovel-like claws to dig down five to six meters. David Attenborough | BBC Earth

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

An aardvark's long nose isn't just just for show; these mammals have an excellent sense of smell! One reason for this is the olfactory bulb, a structure that receives and processes neural input about odours detected by cells in the nasal cavity. The snout of an aardvark contains nine olfactory bulbs-- more than any other mammal!

(Image: An aardvark inspecting a termite mound at the Lincoln Park Zoo)

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[birdblues]

Aardvark

[possumcollege]

Shout out to Afrotheria, a whole clade of animals that must've mocked God for old-timey white people.

[animalids]

Aardvark (Oryctaropus afer)

Photo by Johan Van Zyl

[undiscoveredphoenix]

it’s monotypic taxon monday here’s ant bears

[snototter]

An aardvark (Orycteropus afer) traverses the Okavango Delta, Botswana

by Gary Faulkner