aardvark
species of mammal
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Summary
aardvark is a taxon[1]. aardvark ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,885 views/month, #278 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Orycteropus[5]
- Endemic to: sub-Saharan Africa[6]
- Taxon name: Orycteropus afer[7]
- Subclass of: insectivore[8], mammal[9]
- Commons category: Orycteropus afer[10]
- Start time: -5000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Orycteropus afer[12]
- Commons gallery: Orycteropus afer[13]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The Encyclopedia Americana[16], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[19]
- Original combination: Myrmecophaga afra[20]
- Short name: O. afer[21]
- Taxon common name: Aardvark[22], Oryctérope[23], Antbear[24], Ant Bear[25], Erdferkel[26], Cerdo hormiguero[27]
- Mass: 1.9 kg[28]
- Gestation period: 7 month[29]
- Longest observed lifespan: 29.8 years[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[31]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Orycteropus_afer[32]
- Litter size: 1[33]
- Diel cycle: nocturnal[34]
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Identifiers
aardvark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47062[35]. aardvark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9818[36]. aardvark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327830[37]. aardvark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218416[38]. aardvark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584927[39].
Why It Matters
aardvark has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] aardvark is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]