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Line 59: − − − == Animal Classification == − − {| class="wikitable" − − ! Kingdom − | Animalia − − |- − ! Phylum − | Chordata − − |- − ! Class − | Mammalia − − |- − ! Order − | Tubulidentata − − |- − ! Family − | Orycteropodidae − − |- − ! Genus − | Orycteropus − − |- − ! Species − | Orycteropus afer (aardvark) − − |} <br />
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'''Aardvark''' comes from an [[Africaans]] word meaning "earth pig."<ref>http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/aardvark</ref>. A primarily [[nocturnal]] animal, it lives in burrows and feeds on [[ant]]s and [[termite]]s.
'''Aardvark''' comes from an [[Africaans]] word meaning "earth pig."<ref>http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/aardvark</ref>. A primarily [[nocturnal]] animal, it lives in burrows and feeds on [[ant]]s and [[termite]]s.
It can grow up to 7.5 feet long, has a fleshy, tapering tail, a long tubular snout, large ears and an arched back. The aardvark uses its powerful claws to break open termite nests; then it uses its tongue, coated with sticky saliva, to eat the insects in the nest.<ref>http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/mammals/aardvark.htm</ref> Evolutionists falsely claim that the Aardvark is a living fossil, however like almost all of their claims it has been proven to be false.
It can grow up to 7.5 feet long, has a fleshy, tapering tail, a long tubular snout, large ears and an arched back. The aardvark uses its powerful claws to break open termite nests; then it uses its tongue, coated with sticky saliva, to eat the insects in the nest.<ref>http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/mammals/aardvark.htm</ref>
== Habitat ==
== Habitat ==
At about 6 months the young male becomes independent and goes off on its own, while the young female stays with the mother until after the next baby is born. The young female may then dig its own burrow a few yards away from its mother but still joins her to forage for termites.<ref>http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/aardvark</ref>
At about 6 months the young male becomes independent and goes off on its own, while the young female stays with the mother until after the next baby is born. The young female may then dig its own burrow a few yards away from its mother but still joins her to forage for termites.<ref>http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/aardvark</ref>