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Aard Vark
Genus species - Orycteropus afer
Fam - Orycteropodidae
Order - TUBULIDENTATA
KM - Small specimen - 115350?,
14 Dec 1945, Deelfontein (Narroo) C.P.
4460', Shortridge, 810,405,245,
160.
Desc - head light brown, ears long,
eart long, body hair almost
brown mixed with some dark brown,
hair sparse and coarse, skin hog like,
tail whitish brown, thick at base,
whitish below - hair very sparse,
forefeet - legs black hairs, 4 toes
with powerful digging shovel-like claw
3 middle front toes longer than
others, pads light.
Hindfeet - legs with black hair, 5 toes
with 5 shorter strong shovel-like claws,
claws light.