| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Tubulidentata
- ---- family: Orycteropodidae
- ----- species: Orycteropus afer
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| Characteristics: | insectivore; height: 60 cm; this animal has a long pig-like snout, large, erect ears and a thick tail; most of the body is naked, only the legs are covered with dark hair; the forefeet have strong claws for digging; it has a long (30 cm), sticky tongue which allows it to catch termites and ants; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0203
- Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1006
- Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1322
- Succulent Karoo
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 172 |
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