The AARDWARK (TUBULIDENTATA)

Only 1 family representative: Orycteropodidae

• secretive and nocturnal
• feed on termites and ants (Myrmecophagy)
• long ears, long tubular snout
• body covered by coarse hair
• powerful short limbs with 4 digits on front feet and 5 hind feet, and claws
• nostrils surrounded by hair that functions as a filter for dust
• continually growing molars and cheek teeth, no canines or incisors
• long sticky tongue and salivary glands
• stomach has muscular pyloric area that grinds the food, no need to chew
• anal scent gland that secrete strong smelling liquid