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Aardvarks (family orycteropodidae)

  • Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

    Orycteropus afer (Aardvark)

    While the bizarre and elusive aardvark (Orycteropus afer) may look vaguely similar in appearance to a pig (aardvark literally means…

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